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Self raised by mrs southworth5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() without her husband and with two young children.After the birth of their second child, Frederick abandoned his family in search of Brazilian gold. After 1843, she returned to Washington, D.C. Southworth moved with her husband out to Wisconsin to become a teacher. In 1840 she married inventor Frederick H. She then accepted a position as a schoolteacher. After attending her stepfather's school, Southworth completed her secondary education in 1835 at the age of 15. During those rides, she acquired an abiding interest in the area's history and folklore. She later recalled her childhood as a lonely one, with her happiest moments spent exploring Maryland's Tidewater region on horseback. She was the most popular American novelist of her day.In her novels, of which the most popular was The Hidden Hand (1859), her heroines often challenge modern perceptions of Victorian feminine domesticity by showing virtue as naturally allied to wit, adventure, and rebellion to remedy any unfortunate situation.Though The Hidden Hand was her most popular novel, Southworth stated that her later novel Ishmael (1876) was her favorite.Life and careerRaised in Washington, D.C., Southworth studied in a school kept by her stepfather, Joshua L. Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (Decem– June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century. ![]()
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