Susanna Rowson

Novelist, Author

1762 – 1824

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Who was Susanna Rowson?

Susanna Rowson, née Haswell was a British-American novelist, poet, playwright, religious writer, stage actress, and educator.

Rowson was the author of the 1791 novel Charlotte Temple, the most popular best-seller in American literature until Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852.

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Born
1762
Portsmouth
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America
Profession
Employment
  • Federal Street Theatre
Lived in
  • Portsmouth
Died
Mar 2, 1824
Boston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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