Smith, Elizabeth Oakes (1806–1893)

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Smith, Elizabeth Oakes (1806–1893)

American author. Born Elizabeth Prince, near Portland, Maine, 1806; died 1893; descended from distinguished Puritan ancestry; m. Seba Smith (American satirist who founded and edited the Portland [Maine] Courier).

Published The Sinless Child and Other Poems (1843), which had originally appeared in Southern Literary Messenger; also wrote The Western Captive (1842), Bald Eagle: Or, The Last of the Ramapaughs (1867), The Newsboy, Sagamore of Saco, The Two Wives, Kitty Howard's Journal, Destiny: A Tragedy, Jacob Leisler, The Salamander: A Legend for Christmas, and a tragedy in 5 acts, The Roman Tribute; a prominent advocate of women's rights, published Woman and Her Needs (1851).

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