FF
was presumably white, and descended from Puritan
colonists who first settled in Boston,Massachusetts, in 1630. Her father, Nathaniel Willis
, was deeply, and strictly, religious. Sara, however, always resisted his form of Calvinism...
Family and Intimate relationships
Fanny Fern
Hannah Parker married FF
's father, journalist and editor Nathaniel Willis
, in 1803. As editor of the politically-partisan Eastern Argus at the time of their marriage, he was involved in a number of libel...
Material Conditions of Writing
Fanny Fern
The girl who became FF
began writing at an early age: her first known literary creation (which still survives) was an essay delivered at a school Exhibition, titled Suggestions on Arithmetic. The essay, which...
