Lucretia Peabody Hale (September 2, 1820 – June 12, 1900) was an American journalist and author.
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Lucretia Peabody Hale | |
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Born | (1820-09-02)September 2, 1820 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | June 12, 1900(1900-06-12) (aged 79) |
Occupation | Journalist, author |
Parent(s) | Nathan Hale Sarah Preston Everett |
Relatives | Edward Everett Hale (brother) Susan Hale (sister) Charles Hale (brother) Edward Everett (maternal uncle) Nathan Hale (granduncle) |
Hale was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and educated at George B. Emerson's school there. Subsequently she devoted herself to literature, and was a member of the Boston School Committee for two years.
Hale published numerous stories in periodicals and newspapers, some of which were collected in books.
Hale's parents were Nathan Hale and Sarah Preston Everett, who had a total of eleven children. Nathan Hale, nephew and namesake of the Nathan Hale the American patriot hero, was a lawyer and editor/owner of the Boston Daily Advertiser, while her mother, also an author, was a sister of Edward Everett, a Unitarian minister and politician. Lucretia's brother, Edward Everett Hale, was also a Unitarian minister as well as a prolific author in his own right.
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