Child

(Lydia Maria) née Francis , American authore , b. Medford, Ma ., 11 Feb. 1802. She early commenced writing, publishing Hobomok, a Tale of Early Times , in ’21. From ’25 she kept a private school in Water town until ’28, when she married David Lee Child, a Boston lawyer. She, with him, edited the Anti-Slavery Standard , ’41, etc., and by her numerous writings did much to form the opinion which ultimately prevailed. She was, however, long subjected to public odium, her heterodoxy being well known. Her principal work is The Progre of Religious Ideas , 3 vols.; ’55. Died Way land, Ma ., 20 Oct. 1880. She was highly eulogised by Wendell Phillips.