Rebecca harding Davis

1. Rebecca harding Davis *Born in Washington, Pennsylvania June 24, 1831. *Eldest of 5 children with Richard Wilson and Rachel Leet. *At age 6, Davis and her parents moved to Wheeling, Virginia. *From 1845-8, Harding attends “The Seminary for Women in Washington, Pennsylvania when living with an aunt, and graduated Valedictorian. *After Davis graduated HighSchool, she was private tutored by not only her mother, but also various other tutors, and was literately well read in authors such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Anna + Susan Warner, and Maria Cummins, whose works inspired Davis to being a writer. *In 1861, Davis published her first book, The Story Life in the Iron Mills, which commemorates Davis’s life when living in Wheeling, Virginia. *In 1862, Davis published her second book, Margaret Howth: A Story of Today, which commemorates early 19th century American life from a feminist perspective. *The same year, she met a lawyer named, Lamuel Clark Davis who was inspired by Rebecca’s work and married her., and had 3 kids with.

2. TO BE CONTINUATION: REBECCA HARDING DAVIS • The same year, when Davis took a trip up to Boston, she affiliated herself with other American writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. • From 1861-93, Davis continued to write Romances and melodramatic suspense stories for “Parson’s Magazine” to supporting her family after Lamuel death in 1904. • At age 79, in 1910, died of Edema, a form of heart disease in her sons house in Mount Kisco, New York.

3. 19th century american life • Farm life • News was brought by a man on horse a month after the current event occurred. • No one was in a rush to do anything, life mattered more regardless weather or not if one had money. • Christianity was a major emphasis. • Children were taught and raised as Christians to being obedient and proper. • No one really travelled, they worked the fields. • The rivers, canals, and one solitary road carried travelers and trade. • Majority of villages were built on the Ohio River and was also a halting place for trade and migration. • The two popular newspapers at the time were the United States Gazette and the Gentlemen’s Monthly Magazine. • It was everybody’s duty to hate the British. • It was your Grandfather who fought for your settlement, and showed the actual object he used when fighting. • Men were from Mars and women are from Venus.

4. 19th century American Life • Sermons, Letters, and ordinary talk was in Greek and Latin. • Houses had a gothic appeal. For example, wooden chairs, every room had a fire place, 7 chambers, always being dark, and were houses of secrets.