Lydia Maria Francis Child, born Lydia Maria Francis, was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, opponent of American expansionism, Indian rights activist, novelist, and journalist.
Her journals, fiction and domestic manuals reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. She at times shocked her audience, as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy in some of her stories.
Despite these challenges, Child may be most remembered for her poem "Over the River and Through the Wood" about Thanksgiving. Her grandparents' house, which she wrote about visiting, was restored by Tufts University in 1976 and stands near the Mystic River on South Street in Medford, Massachusetts.
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 wisdom & wit from William Blake
32 wisdom & wit from William Blake
Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. 6 quotes from Franz Grillparzer
6 quotes from Franz Grillparzer
For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 quotes from Storm Jameson
2 quotes from Storm Jameson
To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 sayings from Victor Hugo
73 sayings from Victor Hugo