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The American female poets

by Caroline May · 1848

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Biographies supplemented by selections of poetry of over seventy American women poets, including Sarah Josepha Hale, Lydia Sigourney, and Mary E. Hewitt.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
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womenwomenMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 559 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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