Writer Archives - Page 12 of 152

Ednah Dow Cheney

American activist who worked tirelessly for women’s rights, especially suffrage and the abolition of slavery.

Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

Best known for her anti-slavery writings including Anti-Slavery Hymns and Songs and A Letter to Mothers in Free States.

Evelyn Shakir

Evelyn Shakir was a scholar, author, and professor specializing in Arab American literature.

By standardizing measurements in her recipes, Farmer guaranteed her readers reliable results. The Fannie Farmer Cookbook became a classic kitchen text. Still widely available, the cookbook remains a popular home cooking reference.

Ann Telnaes

In 2001 Ann Telnaes became the second woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.

Sophie de Condorcet

French intellectual and advocate for the downtrodden

Anne Whitney

American sculptor who received prestigious commissions for monuments across the country.

Annie Adams Fields

Annie Adams Fields hosted an influential literary salon in Boston and supported many women writers and engaged in significant charitable work.

Although the home of Annie Adams Fields (1834-1915) and her husband, publisher James T. Fields, at the end of Charles Street, does not survive, it was the site of their important literary salon. After his death in 1881, Annie Fields continued to support the work of many women writers, including Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) who spent winters with her, poet Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920) and Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-96). Fields was also active in charitable works. She spent many hours at the Charity House on Chardon Street and co-founded the Cooperative Society of Visitors, a case review agency that made recommendations to the central administration of Boston’s relief organizations for aid disbursement. The Society was absorbed into the Associated Charities of Boston. Fields’ book How to Help the Poor (1884) served as an unofficial guide to the programs and policies of Associated Charities.

Missouri T B Hanna

The “Mother of Journalism” in Washington.

Susanna Haswell Rowson

British playwright, actress and bestselling novelist