Anna Leonowens
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Perhaps the most famous governess of all time, Anna of The King and I than for her literary achievements. She was an enterprising and independent world traveller—arguably a Victorian example of a hybrid colonial subjectivity—whose fictionalised memoirs and stories based on her time in Siam received substantial attention in her lifetime. Admired in their time for their anti-slavery rhetoric, they have recently drawn attention to the complex relationship between European women and empire. A public speaker,
also produced other travel writing, journalism, and art criticism.
is better known as - BirthName: Ann HarriettEmma EdwardsDow gives Harriet.
- Self-constructed: Anna Leonowens
- Married: Owens
- Indexed: Anna Harriette Leonowens