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Born | Elizabeth Clementine Dodge December 10, 1810 New York City, U.S. |
Died | November 19, 1889 Summit, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 78)
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
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Children | 4, including Edmund Clarence Stedman |
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Elizabeth Clementine Dodge Stedman (December 10, 1810 – November 19, 1889) was an American writer. She was the author of Felicita, a Metrical Romance (1855), Poems (1867), and Bianca Cappello, A Tragedy (1873).
She was born Elizabeth Clementine Dodge in New York City on December 10, 1810. [1] Her father was David Low Dodge, who helped establish the New York Peace Society. Her mother was Sarah Cleveland, the daughter of minister Aaron Cleveland. [2] Her brother was William E. Dodge, noted abolitionist, Native American rights activist, past president of the National Temperance Society, and founding member of YMCA of the USA.
Elizabeth was a contributor to the Knickerbocker and to Blackwood's. During a 14-year stay in Europe she was a friend of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. She published Felicita, a Metrical Romance (1855), Poems (1867), and Bianco Capello, A Tragedy (1873), written during her time abroad in Italy. [3]
She married Edmund Burke Stedman, a merchant from Hartford, Connecticut, in 1830 at age 19. [3] [4] He died of tuberculosis in December 1835. [5] They had two sons, the eldest was the poet and critic Edmund Clarence Stedman.
In 1841, she married the U.S. diplomat and politician, William Burnet Kinney. [6] They remained married until his death in 1880. [3] They had two children:
Her great-great-grandsons are businesspeople Frederick R. Koch, Charles Koch, David Koch, and Bill Koch.
She died on November 19, 1889, in Summit, New Jersey, at the age of 78. [8]
Elizabeth Clementine Dodge Stedman | |
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Born | Elizabeth Clementine Dodge December 10, 1810 New York City, U.S. |
Died | November 19, 1889 Summit, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 78)
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Spouse |
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Children | 4, including Edmund Clarence Stedman |
Signature | |
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Elizabeth Clementine Dodge Stedman (December 10, 1810 – November 19, 1889) was an American writer. She was the author of Felicita, a Metrical Romance (1855), Poems (1867), and Bianca Cappello, A Tragedy (1873).
She was born Elizabeth Clementine Dodge in New York City on December 10, 1810. [1] Her father was David Low Dodge, who helped establish the New York Peace Society. Her mother was Sarah Cleveland, the daughter of minister Aaron Cleveland. [2] Her brother was William E. Dodge, noted abolitionist, Native American rights activist, past president of the National Temperance Society, and founding member of YMCA of the USA.
Elizabeth was a contributor to the Knickerbocker and to Blackwood's. During a 14-year stay in Europe she was a friend of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. She published Felicita, a Metrical Romance (1855), Poems (1867), and Bianco Capello, A Tragedy (1873), written during her time abroad in Italy. [3]
She married Edmund Burke Stedman, a merchant from Hartford, Connecticut, in 1830 at age 19. [3] [4] He died of tuberculosis in December 1835. [5] They had two sons, the eldest was the poet and critic Edmund Clarence Stedman.
In 1841, she married the U.S. diplomat and politician, William Burnet Kinney. [6] They remained married until his death in 1880. [3] They had two children:
Her great-great-grandsons are businesspeople Frederick R. Koch, Charles Koch, David Koch, and Bill Koch.
She died on November 19, 1889, in Summit, New Jersey, at the age of 78. [8]