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Lydia Maria Child
Birth: 2-11-1802
Death: 10-20-1880
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Child, David Lee
Biography
Lydia Child was an activist and writer. She campaigned for women's suffrage, protested Cherokee removal, and fought for abolition. She wrote over fifty books, edited periodicals, and wrote poems. She founded The Juvenile Miscellany, a children's magazine in 1826. In 1827 she married David Lee Child. She published, The Friugal Housewife in 1829, a best-seller focusing on economy in the kitchen and at home. In the 1830s, in support of abolition, she published and Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans. This book destroyed her literary career and her embrace of abolition ruined many of her friendships. In her later years she focused on supporting women's suffrage.
Letter References
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 1856
Letter from Frederick William Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 12, 1844
Letter from Charles Sumner to Frederick William Seward, September 14,
1861
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 14, 1845
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Biography: Lydia Child was an activist and writer. She campaigned for women's suffrage, protested Cherokee removal, and fought for abolition. She wrote over fifty books, edited periodicals, and wrote poems. She founded The Juvenile Miscellany, a children's magazine in 1826. In 1827 she married David Lee Child. She published, The Friugal Housewife in 1829, a best-seller focusing on economy in the kitchen and at home. In the 1830s, in support of abolition, she published and Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans. This book destroyed her literary career and her embrace of abolition ruined many of her friendships. In her later years she focused on supporting women's suffrage.
Citation Type: Book or Book ChapterBook or Monograph Title: A Lydia Maria Child ReaderPublisher Location: DurhamPublisher Name: Duke University PressYear: 1997Start Page: 1End Page: 19Citation Notes: https://books.google.com/books?id=l1lv2eDR-ocC&pg=PA374&dq=lydia+maria+child+death&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYsqb2-djTAhUL8IMKHYTKBhwQ6AEIOjAE#v=onepage&q=lydia%20maria%20child%20death&f=false
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Citation Type: WebsiteCitation URL: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24074927&ref=acomTitle of Webpage: Find a GraveWebsite Viewing Date: Friday, May 5, 2017 - 10:30Website Last Modified Date: Friday, May 5, 2017 - 10:30
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Citation Type: WebsiteCitation URL: http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Cje63&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=lydia%20maria&gsfn_x=1&gsln=child&gsln_x=1&msbdy_x=1&msbdy=1802&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=0&MSV=0&uidh=if4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&Title of Webpage: Ancestry.comWebsite Viewing Date: Friday, May 5, 2017 - 10:30Website Last Modified Date: Friday, May 5, 2017 - 10:30Citation Notes: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Spouse
Child, David Lee
Biography
Lydia Child was an activist and writer. She campaigned for women's suffrage, protested Cherokee removal, and fought for abolition. She wrote over fifty books, edited periodicals, and wrote poems. She founded The Juvenile Miscellany, a children's magazine in 1826. In 1827 she married David Lee Child. She published, The Friugal Housewife in 1829, a best-seller focusing on economy in the kitchen and at home. In the 1830s, in support of abolition, she published and Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans. This book destroyed her literary career and her embrace of abolition ruined many of her friendships. In her later years she focused on supporting women's suffrage.
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 1856
Letter from Frederick William Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 12, 1844
Letter from Charles Sumner to Frederick William Seward, September 14, 1861
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 14, 1845
Citations
Lydia Child was an activist and writer. She campaigned for women's suffrage, protested Cherokee removal, and fought for abolition. She wrote over fifty books, edited periodicals, and wrote poems. She founded The Juvenile Miscellany, a children's magazine in 1826. In 1827 she married David Lee Child. She published, The Friugal Housewife in 1829, a best-seller focusing on economy in the kitchen and at home. In the 1830s, in support of abolition, she published and Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans. This book destroyed her literary career and her embrace of abolition ruined many of her friendships. In her later years she focused on supporting women's suffrage.