Rebecca Sophia Clarke

Rebecca Sophia Clarke (born Feb. 22, 1833, Norridgewock, Maine, U.S.—died Aug. 16, 1906, Norridgewock) was an American writer of children’s literature whose spirited writing found great success with its audience through humour, empathy, and a refusal to sermonize. Clarke was educated at home and in the local Female Academy. In 1851 she went to Evansville, Indiana, to teach school, but growing deafness forced her to leave that position. She lived thereafter in her native town....