Hannah Webster Foster, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hannah Webster Foster

novelist

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1758

Place of Birth: Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1840

Profession: writer, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Hannah Webster Foster (September 10, 1758 – April 17, 1840) was an American novelist. Her epistolary novel, The Coquette; or, The History of Eliza Wharton, was published anonymously in 1797.
Although it sold well in the 1790s, it was not until 1866 that her name appeared on the title page.
In 1798, she published The Boarding School; or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils, a commentary on female education in the United States.