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Also Known As Susanna Haswell
Born c.1762 • Portsmouth • England
Died March 2, 1824 • Boston • Massachusetts
Notable Works “Charlotte Temple”
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Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
American poet and journalist
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Marya Mannes
American author and critic
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Jessie Redmon Fauset
American author
Bunner, Henry Cuyler
Henry Cuyler Bunner
American writer
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E.W. Howe
American writer
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois
American sociologist, historian, and activist
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American author
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Andrew Greeley in 1982, wearing a black clerical shirt with a white collar, smiling and looking slightly to the side against a neutral background.
Andrew Greeley
American priest, sociologist, educator, commentator, and author
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Bret Harte
American writer
Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren
American writer
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Kay Boyle
American author
Sarah Josepha Hale.
Sarah Josepha Hale
American author
Leigh Hunt, detail of a watercolour and gouache on ivory by Margaret Gillies, 1838–46; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Leigh Hunt
British author
Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe
American writer
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Paule Marshall
American author
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Adela Rogers St. Johns
American journalist and writer
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Brooke Russell Astor
American philanthropist and writer

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