Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Fidelia
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Standard Name: Fidelia
This symbolic name indicating faithfulness (which was also adopted for themselves by Mary Astell
, Jane Barker
, and the American writers Sarah Gill
, Hannah Griffitts
and Sukey Vickery
, as well as for a fictional character by Hester Mulso Chapone
) is the only name yet known for a poet living at Lincoln, who was a frequent contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine for about a year in 1734-5.