Bathsua Makin, Woman of Learning
Author | : Frances N. Teague |
Publisher | : Bucknell University Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : 0838753418 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780838753415 |
Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Download or read book Bathsua Makin, Woman of Learning written by Frances N. Teague and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unfortunately, the most basic facts of her life were not known until the 1960s: scholars thought she had grown up as an orphan, whereas she was the daughter of a loving schoolmaster; they thought she had written a pamphlet about debtor's prison that is, in fact, someone else's work; they did not realize that she had published her first book, an extraordinary collection of poetry in many languages, when she was sixteen years old.