Lydia Hoyt Farmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Lydia Hoyt Farmer

American author, women's rights activist (1842-1903)

Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1842

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 24-Dec-1903

Profession: writer, biographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Lydia Hoyt Farmer

  • Lydia Hoyt Farmer (July 19, 1842 or 1843 – December 27, 1903) was an American author and women's rights activist.
  • For many years, Farmer contributed to the leading newspapers and magazines, on various lines: poems, essays, juvenile stories, historical sketches and novels.
  • She was of a deeply religious nature, and endeavored to tinge all her writings with a moral as well as an amusing sentiment.
  • She edited What America Owes to Women, for the Woman's Department of the World's Columbian Exposition.
  • Her works included: Aunt Belindy's Point of View; The Doom of the Holy City; A Story Book of Science; A Knight of Faith; Short History of the French Revolution; Girls' Book of Famous Queens; What America Owes to Women; and others.

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