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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)

(Encyclopedia) Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)găsˈkəl [key], 1810–65, English novelist. When she was still an infant her mother died, and she was…

Female Literary Figures

  Aidoo - Corelli | Dickinson - Luce | Mansfield - Rukeyser | Sackville - Yourcenar Anaïs Nin Biographies of Notable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists…

Cleghorn, Sarah N

Cleghorn, Sarah N[1876-1959](1)Born in Manchester, Vt. Educated at Burr and Burton Seminary, of Manchester. Miss Cleghorn is the author of "Portraits and Protests", 1917.

Brontë

(Encyclopedia) BrontëBrontëbrŏnˈtē, family of English novelists, including Charlotte Brontë, 1816–55, English novelist, Emily Jane Brontë, 1818–48, English novelist and poet, and Anne Brontë, 1820–49…

Sarah N. Cleghorn: A Saint's Hours

A Saint's HoursSarah N. Cleghorn In the still cold before the sun (Her Matins) Her brothers and her sisters small She woke, and washed and dressed each one…

Writers

  Achebe, Rousseau, Yourcenar, and more A-B | C | D-F | G-H | I-L | M-N | O-P | R-S | T-Z   Achebe, Chinua Adams, Henry Addison, Joseph Aesop Agee, James Agnon, S. Y. Alcott,…

Elizabeth I

The daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I became one of the most effective monarchs in British history. She succeeded her half-sister, Mary I, in 1558 and reigned for the next 44…

Elizabeth, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Elizabeth, city (2020 pop. 137,298), seat of Union co., NE N.J., on Newark Bay; inc. 1855. It is a shipping and transportation hub, with…