LB
's mother, a Welshwoman born Hannah Jones
, was George Macdonald's second wife.
Middlemas, Keith, and John Barnes. Baldwin: A Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicholson.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Louisa Baldwin
In 1875, the death of her mother
further intensified LB
's depression.
Arthur Windham, third Earl Baldwin,. The Macdonald Sisters. Peter Davies.
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Education
Louisa Baldwin
Although the family was large and poor, they set a high value on education, straddl[ing] the artistic and intellectual climate of Victorian England.
Middlemas, Keith, and John Barnes. Baldwin: A Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicholson.
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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.
Louisa's mother
superintended her daughters' education and gave them instruction in...
Cultural formation
Louisa Baldwin
Welsh on her mother
's side and Scottish on her father
's, LB
came from a remarkable,
Middlemas, Keith, and John Barnes. Baldwin: A Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicholson.