Series II. Diaries and journals- Journal, 1871 October-1874 April. [Brewster MSS Box 4 Folder 4]

Series II. Diaries and journals- Journal, 1871 October-1874 April. [Brewster MSS Box 4 Folder 4]

Poets, American

Women authors, American

Women journalists

Anne Hampton Brewster (1818-1892) was an American novelist, journalist and foreign correspondent who defied contemporary conceptions of womanhood and society during the nineteenth century. The papers date from 1777 to 1892, with the majority of the materials dating from 1845 to 1892. The materials primarily consist of diaries, journals, commonplace books, correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes about her writings and drafts of her writings. The materials document Anne Hampton Brewster’s personal life with friends and family, and they document her professional life as a journalist and writer.

Brewster, Anne M. H., (Anne Maria Hampton), 1819-1892

Library Company of Philadelphia

Brewster