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Lydia Maria Child
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American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist (1802-1880)

Also known as: l. maria child, Lydia Child, Lydia Maria Francis, Lydia Maria Francis Child, Лидия Мария Чайлд, ليديا ماريا تشايلد

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Known works

  • Over the River and Through the Wood
  • Frugal housewife (1841)
  • The freedmen's book (1866)
  • The family nurse (1837)
  • An appeal in favor of that class of Americans called Africans