First woman to write a serious book about America; first person to set up an experimental colony, Nashoba near Memphis, with the object of enabling enslaved people to work for their freedom; first woman to co-edit a newspaper in America, first female public orator in America.
British abolitionist and memoirist
American suffraigst and writer
American writer whose 1825 novel, “The Rebels, a Tale of the Revolution,” was very popular.
American journalist, anti-slavery agitator and war nurse
American philanthropist
English actress and author
One of the great poets of England.
American journalist and translator of important French works.
Author and war-time lecturer