
Frances Elizabeth Barrow
Aunt Fanny, Frances Elizabeth Mease
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Frances Elizabeth Barrow (née Mease; pen name, Aunt Fanny; February 22, 1822 – May 7, 1894) was a 19th-century American children's writer and novelist. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, she began writing books for children under the nom de plume "Aunt Fanny" in 1855. She authored a total of twenty-five books, some of which were translated in Europe, including Six Night Caps, Aunt Fanny's Story Book, and Take Heed. Barrow also wrote the novels, The Wife's Stratagem and The Letter G.
Career
- 1822Born
- 1894Passed away
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Charleston
- •Citizenship: United States
- •Known as: writer, children's writer
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