Maria Abdy

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MA , whose work spans the Romantic and Victorian periods, was a poet who wrote wittily on religious and secular topics, and was an early champion of the governess. With Felicia Hemans , she was the one of the two most prolific British contributors to annuals in the USA.
Lee, Amice. Laurels & Rosemary: The Life of William and Mary Howitt. Oxford University Press.
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Milestones

25 February 1797

Maria Smith (later MA ) was born in London; she was an only child.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
Ashfield, Andrew, editor. Romantic Women Poets. Manchester University Press.
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1834

MA , as Mrs. Abdy, printed for private circulation the first volume in her eight-volume series Poetry.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.

19 July 1867

MA died at 7 Upper Marine Terrace in Margate.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.
Ashfield, Andrew, editor. Romantic Women Poets. Manchester University Press.
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Biography

Birth

25 February 1797

Maria Smith (later MA ) was born in London; she was an only child.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
Ashfield, Andrew, editor. Romantic Women Poets. Manchester University Press.
2: 178

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