Lydia Maria Child

The Frugal Housewife

Dedicated to Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781449431709
• ISBN-10: 1449431704
• Artikelnr.: 36850665

Autorenporträt

Born in 1802 in Massachusetts, Lydia Maria Child was an American writer and journalist, and she was widely known as a social reformer.In 1833 she authored "An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans," which was the first anti-slavery work published in the United States.Besides her abolitionist reform, Child was also an activist for women s rights and Indian rights.She wrote the Thanksgiving poem Over the River and Through the Wood, which is still recited today, as well as the works "Hobomok: A Tale of Early Times," "The Mother s Book," and "An Appeal for the Indians." Child died in 1880 at the age of 78."