Lydia Maria Child, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lydia Maria Child

American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1802

Place of Birth: Medford, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 20-Oct-1880

Profession: writer, poet, geologist, journalist, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Lydia Maria Francis Child (born Lydia Maria Francis) (February 11, 1802 – October 20, 1880), was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals, reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s.
At times she shocked her audience as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy in some of her stories. Despite these challenges, Child may be most remembered for her poem "Over the River and Through the Wood." Her grandparents' house, which she wrote about visiting, was restored by Tufts University in 1976 and stands near the Mystic River on South Street, in Medford, Massachusetts.