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Mary Gray Phelps was born on August 31, 1844. After her mother died Mary Gray took her mother's name: Elizabeth Stuart. She was educated in Andover at the Abbot Female Seminary. She championed the working class and worked to improved conditions for them.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps was born in 1844 and was educated at Abbot Academy. Her birth name was Mary Gray, but, after her mother died when Mary was eight, she took her mother's name, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. She published her first piece of work at age 18, and her first book, ''The Gates Ajar'', in 1869, when she was 24. It proved to be a 19th century bestseller. She went on to author 57 books. Ms. Phelps also wrote for the Atlantic Monthly.  


She was a prolific author, having written 57 books.  Her books are held in a special author collection in the Andover Room.
She wrote "The Tenth of January" for the March 1968 issue of ''Atlantic Monthly''.  In it she described the conditions that lead to the collapse of the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence on  January 10, 1860.


She also challenged the prevailing idea that women were meant to lead a life of domestic pursuits. She championed a woman's right to keep her maiden name after marriage, believed that women could be financially independent, and challenged the need to wear a corset. At 44 she married Herbert Dickinson Ward, a man 17 years younger. She died in 1911 and is buried in Newton MA.
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=790511&t=elizabeth%20phelps&tp=author&l=5&d=0&hc=17&rt=author&s=pubdate&sd=asc ''The Gates Ajar''] 1868 (A novel that presented a comforting view of the afterlife for Civil War widows.)
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*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=464982&t=elizabeth%20phelps&tp=author&l=5&d=0&hc=17&rt=author&s=titlesort&sd=asc ''Austin Phelps: A Memoir''] 1891 The biography of her father, a professor at Andover Theological Seminary
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See
*[http://www.andovertownsman.com/townspeople/x54240962/Andover-Stories-Before-bra-burning-feminists-there-was-Andover-author-Elizabeth-Stuart-Phelps Andover Stories: "Before Bra-Burning Feminists, There Was Andover Author Elizabeth Stuart Phelps"] by Jennifer Tarbox. ''Andover Townsman'' 7/8/2010
* Articles from the ''Atlantic Monthly'' by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in the Andover Authors Collection in the Andover Room.
*[http://readseries.com/auth-oz/phelps.html Elizabeth Stuart Phelps] Readseries.com. January 3, 2012.
*[http://readseries.com/auth-oz/phelps-daught.html Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward]. Readseries.com. January 13, 2012.
*[http://www.ruthnestvold.com/Phelps.htm The Literary Fate of the Woman Artist: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's ''The Story of Avis'']




Revision as of 14:12, 29 December 2012

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps was born in 1844 and was educated at Abbot Academy. Her birth name was Mary Gray, but, after her mother died when Mary was eight, she took her mother's name, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. She published her first piece of work at age 18, and her first book, The Gates Ajar, in 1869, when she was 24. It proved to be a 19th century bestseller. She went on to author 57 books. Ms. Phelps also wrote for the Atlantic Monthly.

She wrote "The Tenth of January" for the March 1968 issue of Atlantic Monthly. In it she described the conditions that lead to the collapse of the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence on January 10, 1860.

She also challenged the prevailing idea that women were meant to lead a life of domestic pursuits. She championed a woman's right to keep her maiden name after marriage, believed that women could be financially independent, and challenged the need to wear a corset. At 44 she married Herbert Dickinson Ward, a man 17 years younger. She died in 1911 and is buried in Newton MA.


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--Eleanor 15:46, March 13, 2012 (EDT)

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