#LydiaMariaChild (11/02/1802 - 1880), American abolitionist, feminist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. [source : Wikipedia]
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A boy sits on a chair, listening as a girl reads from a book. They appear on the cover of The Juvenile Miscellany, a children's magazine from 1827.
Birthday wishes to Lydia Maria Child, abolitionist and editor of The Juvenile Miscellany, 1826-1836 #bookhistory #lydiamariachild #juvenilemiscellany #19thcentury #childrensmagazines
"Homeβthat blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven."
β American abolitionist, #WomensRights and #NativeAmericanRights activist, novelist, and journalist #LydiaMariaChild was #BOTD 11 February 1802. #Politics #Literature
A very happy Thanksgiving to our colleagues, friends and awards holders in the United States! Enjoy a reflection on a traditional New England holiday by Lydia Marie Child.
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DYK some northern states tried to legalize mixed-race marriage in early 19thC? In 1832 MA, abolitionists #WilliamLloydGarrison (d.1855) & #LydiaMariaChild (d.1880) began a campaign to repeal the state law against mixed-race marriage.
cover of The Juvenile Miscellany for January 1828: a boy shows a book to his dog, which is sitting attentively at his feet. Printed above the illustration are four lines from William Wordsworth: "Dear innocent childhood, my heart/ For better lore would seldom yearn, Could I but teach the hundredth part,/ Of what from thee I learn."
A little late (it was Feb 11), but birthday wishes to Lydia Maria Child, abolitionist and editor of The Juvenile Miscellany, 1826-1836 #bookhistory #lydiamariachild #juvenilemiscellany #19thcentury #childrensmagazines
"Homeβthat blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven."
β American abolitionist, #WomensRights and #NativeAmericanRights activist, novelist, and journalist #LydiaMariaChild was #BOTD 11 February 1802. #Politics #Literature
Happy Birthday to George Eliot from Lydia Maria Child, an abolitionist and novelist who was clearly also a fan!
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