Women / Persons ~ P11688
Mrs. Susannah Rowson
Alternate Names:
- Miss Susannah Haswell
Gender: Female
Life Dates: ca. 1762 - 1824
Types:
- Educational founder, schoolmistress
- Performer, actress
- Philanthropist
- Writer
- Writer, Novel
- Writer, Poetry
Note: Prolific author of poetry, novels, plays, and religious non-fiction. Best known as author of Charlotte Temple, the best-selling novel in America prior to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Also worked as a stage actress, and founded a boarding school for girls in Boston and started a charity.