Janet Little

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JL , an eighteenth-century Scottish proletarian poet, was fully aware of the obstacles placed in her way by her gender, class, and nationality. She freely admits the audacity of writing poetry from her class and gender position, but always with spirit, not submissiveness.

Milestones

Shortly before 13 August 1759

JL was born in Nether Bogside, near Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire.
Paterson, James. “Janet Little, the Scottish Milkmaid”. The Contemporaries of Burns, edited by James Paterson, AMS Press, pp. 78-91.
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1792

With encouragement from her friends, JL published her collected Poetical Works of Janet Little, the Scotch Milkmaid by subscription at Ayr in Scotland; she dedicated it to the eleven-year-old Flora, Countess of Loudoun .
Paterson, James. “Janet Little, the Scottish Milkmaid”. The Contemporaries of Burns, edited by James Paterson, AMS Press, pp. 78-91.
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Burns, Robert, and Frances Anna Dunlop. Robert Burns and Mrs. Dunlop. Editor Wallace, William, Hodder and Stoughton, http://BARD.
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16 March 1793

Frances Anna Dunlop made her final mention of JL in her correspondence with Burns : a fierce reproof for his contemptuous response to Little's Poetical Works.
Burns, Robert, and Frances Anna Dunlop. Robert Burns and Mrs. Dunlop. Editor Wallace, William, Hodder and Stoughton, http://BARD.
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15 March 1813

JL died in Causey Head at Loudoun Castle, Galston.
Paterson, James. “Janet Little, the Scottish Milkmaid”. The Contemporaries of Burns, edited by James Paterson, AMS Press, pp. 78-91.
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Biography

Birth and Background

Shortly before 13 August 1759

JL was born in Nether Bogside, near Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire.
Paterson, James. “Janet Little, the Scottish Milkmaid”. The Contemporaries of Burns, edited by James Paterson, AMS Press, pp. 78-91.
78-9

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