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About Priscilla Wakefield
Priscilla Wakefield, née Priscilla Bell was an English Quaker philanthropist and prolific author. She promoted social projects for the benefit of women and children such as schools and maternity hospitals. Her writings were wide-ranging: she wrote about feminist economics, as well as scientific subjects, in particular the popular eighteenth-century discipline of botany. She was widely known for her moral and instructional writings for children.
Everything about Priscilla Wakefield →- Occupation
- writer, naturalist, children's writer, economist
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- January 31, 1751
- Died
- September 12, 1832, 1832