Английская Википедия:Augusta Harvey Worthen
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox writer Augusta Harvey Worthen (Шаблон:Nee, Harvey; pen name, Augusta H. Worthen; September 27, 1823 – April 4, 1910) was an American educator and author of the long nineteenth century. She taught school, and wrote poetry and prose. Her greatest work was the history of her town, Sutton, published in two volumes in 1890;Шаблон:Sfn it was the first town history in the state of New Hampshire prepared by a woman.
Early life and education
Augusta Harvey was born in Sutton, New Hampshire, September 27, 1823. She was the daughter of Colonel John and Sally (Greeley) Harvey.[1] Her uncles were Jonathan Harvey, a Congressman; and Matthew Harvey, governor of New Hampshire.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn She was the a granddaughter of another Matthew Harvey who was one of the first settlers of Sutton.Шаблон:Sfn She was sister to yet another Matthew Harvey, of Newport, New Hampshire who became the co-editor of the New Hampshire Argus and Spectator and it was mainly through the aid of this brother that her literary efforts were first published.Шаблон:Sfn
When Augusta was eight years old, she went to live with her Uncle Matthew, in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, and remained there for six years, while attending the Hopkinton Academy.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Career
Starting at the age of sixteen, Worthen taught in district schools for two years. For the following three years, she was employed at a Lowell, Massachusetts cotton factory, working for fourteen hours each day and pursuing her studies in the evenings at a select school.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Her first article was printed during this time, in the Lowell Offering, a magazine for mill operatives. She then resumed teaching, and became a pupil-assistant in the Andover Academy, paying for her own tuition by instructing younger classes.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
On February 15, 1855,Шаблон:Efn she married, in Danvers, Massachusetts, Charles F. Worthen of Candia, New Hampshire. In 1858, she removed with him to Lynn, Massachusetts where he was engaged in manufacturing until his death in 1882, and where she continued to have her home nearly up to the time of her decease.Шаблон:Sfn
After marriage, she worked to carry her share of their mutual burdens, but after a time, she engaged in study and composition, and wrote prose sketches and poems. The great work of Worthen's life was the preparation of a history of her native town, Sutton, extending to over eleven-hundred pages. After being engaged in its research for twenty years, it was published in 1891.Шаблон:Sfn It was the first New Hampshire town history prepared by a woman. Thereafter, she wrote articles of fiction.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Worthen's poems of especial merit were included in New Hampshire Poets, Poets of America, Poets of Essex County, and several later collections, as well as by a portrait and biography in A Woman of the Century. Шаблон:Sfn
Worthen died at Tewksbury, Massachusetts, April 4, 1910.Шаблон:Sfn
Selected works
- The history of Sutton, New Hampshire : consisting of the historical collections of Erastus Wadleigh, eds., and A. H. Worthen, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Augusta Harvey Worthen., 1890
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