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Lydia Maria Child

1802 - 1880
13 books

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Source: Wikipedia

Lydia Maria Child (née Francis; February 11, 1802 – October 20, 1880) was an American abolitionist, feminist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals, reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. At times she shocked her audience as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy in some of her stories.

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Books by Lydia Maria Child

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Cover of The American Frugal Housewife

The American Frugal Housewife

Cooking

3.4
Cover of The Freedmen's Book

The Freedmen's Book

African Americans

2.9
Cover of An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans

An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans

Antislavery movements

4.2
Cover of The mother's book

The mother's book

Child rearing

4.5
Cover of The history of the condition of women, in various ages and nations (vol. 2 of 2) : $b Comprising the women of Europe, America, and South Sea Islands

The history of the condition of women, in various ages and nations (vol. 2 of 2) : $b Comprising the women of Europe, America, and South Sea Islands

Women

4.7
Cover of The history of the condition of women in various ages and nations : $b Vol. 1 (of 2), Comprising the women of Asia and Africa

The history of the condition of women in various ages and nations : $b Vol. 1 (of 2), Comprising the women of Asia and Africa

Women

3.5
Cover of Autumnal leaves: tales and sketches in prose and rhyme

Autumnal leaves: tales and sketches in prose and rhyme

American essays

3.7
Cover of The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories

The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories

Children's stories

2.3
Cover of The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act: An Appeal To The Legislators Of Massachusetts, Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 9

The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act: An Appeal To The Legislators Of Massachusetts, Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 9

Fugitive slaves

3.1
Cover of Philothea: A Grecian Romance

Philothea: A Grecian Romance

Greece

2.9