Quote of the day
I wish my deadly foe, no worse
Than want of friends, and empty purse.
Rebecca Harding Davis
Born: June 24, 1831
Died: September 29, 1910 (aged 79)
Bio: Rebecca Blaine Harding Davis was an American author and journalist. She is deemed a pioneer of literary realism in American literature. She graduated valedictorian from Washington Female Seminary in Pennsylvania.
Known for:
- Life in the Iron Mills
- Waiting for the Verdict (1867)
- Margret Howth, a Story of To-day (1862)
- Frances Waldeaux (1897)