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Sophie Lee Foster
1867–1950
A Georgia writer and civic leader, she is best remembered for gathering Revolutionary-era stories and regional legends into a lively historical reader. Her work reflects a deep interest in memory, patriotism, and the people who shaped early American history.
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Revolutionary Reader: Reminiscences and Indian Legends
by Sophie Lee Foster
About the author
Born in 1867 and later known as Sophie Lee Jackson Foster, she was an American compiler and author whose best-known book is Revolutionary Reader: Reminiscences and Indian Legends, published in 1913. The book brings together anecdotes, historical sketches, and legends connected to the American Revolution, with a strong emphasis on Georgia and the broader South.
The title page of Revolutionary Reader identifies her as State Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Georgia, showing how closely her writing was tied to public memory and patriotic work. Rather than writing fiction, she focused on preserving stories, traditions, and historical material for readers interested in the nation’s founding period.
She died in 1950. Although not widely known today, her work offers a window into how early 20th-century Americans remembered the Revolution and passed those stories on to later generations.