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Grace Greenwood
1823–1904
A lively 19th-century American writer and journalist, Grace Greenwood brought wit, moral conviction, and a reporter’s eye to everything from poems and children’s stories to political commentary. She was also one of the early women to report from Washington, using her public voice to support reform and women’s rights.
5 Audiobooks
Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood
by Grace Greenwood
Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children
by Grace Greenwood
Stories of Many Lands
by Grace Greenwood
History of my pets
by Grace Greenwood
Old Wonder-Eyes, and Other Stories for Children
by L. K. (Leander K.) Lippincott, Grace Greenwood
About the author
Born Sara Jane Clarke in Pompey, New York, in 1823, she became widely known by the pen name Grace Greenwood. She published poems and sketches while still young, and her writing soon reached a national audience through newspapers and magazines.
Greenwood built a remarkably varied career as an author, poet, correspondent, lecturer, and editor. She was among the first women admitted to the congressional press galleries in Washington, and she used journalism as a way to comment on public life and argue for causes she believed in, including social reform and women’s rights.
She also wrote for children and helped edit and shape literary publications, showing an ability to move easily between serious commentary and warm, accessible storytelling. She died in New Rochelle, New York, in 1904, but her career still stands out as an early example of a woman making a public life through writing.