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Freeman was born in Randolph, Massachusetts on October 31, 1852, to Eleanor Lothrop and Warren Edward Wilkins, who originally baptized her "Mary Ella". [1] Freeman's parents were orthodox Congregationalists, bestowing a very strict childhood. [2] Religious constraints play a key role in some of her works.
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (born Oct. 31, 1852, Randolph, Mass., U.S.—died March 13, 1930, Metuchen, N.J.) was an American writer known for her stories and novels of frustrated lives in New England villages. Mary Wilkins moved with her family to Brattleboro, Vermont, in 1867. She lived at home after studying for a year in 1870–71 at Mount ...
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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was an American novelist (October 1852 - March 1930) and short story writer. The majority of her writing focused on New England life, a subject which she captured masterfully in her subtle and sublime short story A New England Nun. She was educated at Mount Holyoke Female Seminar (now ...
Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins (1852–1930)American novelist and short-story writer. Name variations: wrote under Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Mary E. Wilkins. Born Mary Eleanor Wilkins in Randolph, Massachusetts, on October 31, 1852; died on March 15, 1930, in Metuchen, New Jersey; one of two daughters of Warren E. Wilkins (an architect and storekeeper) and Eleanor (Lothrop) Wilkins; attended ...
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author. Biography Freeman was born in Randolph, Massachusetts on October 31, 1852, to Eleanor Lothrop and Warren Edward Wilkins, who originally baptized her “Mary Ella”. Freeman’s parents were orthodox Congregationalists, bestowing a very strict childhood. Religious constraints play a ...
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman is best known for her depiction of the people who inhabited the New England villages of the late nineteenth century. She was born into the Wilkins family in Randolph ...
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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was born on October 31, 1852 in Randolph, Massachusetts into a family that descended from ancestors who were a part of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in the 17th century (Westbrook).
