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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
Joanna Baillie
Born: September 11, 1762
Died: February 23, 1851 (aged 88)
Bio: Joanna Baillie was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Baillie was very well known during her lifetime and, though a woman, intended her plays not for the closet but for the stage.
Known for:
- Plays on the Passions
- Fugitive Verses (1840)
- Six Gothic Dramas (De Monfort, Orra, The Dream, The Family Legend, The Phantom, Witchcraft)
- The collected letters of Joanna Baillie
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