Harriet Winslow Sewall was an American poet, and editor of the collected letters of Lydia Maria Child.
Occupation
poet, writer, suffragette
Citizenship
United States
Born
June 20, 1819
Died
December 20, 1889
Overview
Harriet Winslow Sewall (June 20, 1819 in Portland, Maine – April 19, 1889) was an American poet, and editor of the collected letters of Lydia Maria Child.
Biography
Winslow was born in Portland, Maine, June 20, 1819 into a Quaker family, where she was educated at a boarding school in Providence, Rhode Island. She was, at least in her early years, interested in transcendentalism and animal magnetism; and arguably more practically engaged with contemporary anti-slave and women's rights movements.
She wrote poetry from an early age, and for many years; but apparently for her own satisfaction and without a view to publication. A number of her works were published, however, and has been republished in a number of collections of American poetry.
She married in 1848 Charles List, a journalist working on the Commonwealth newspaper. He soon became ill, relinquishing his job and placing the burden of support on Harriet, who was assisted by her relatively wealthy family. Charles died in 1856.
