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Lucy Larcom
Lucy Larcom was a Massachusetts native who had a significant impact on societal views of women and childhood. Born in 1824, Larcom left home at age 11 to work in the cotton mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. While working, she wrote and published many songs, poems, and letters describing life in the mills, and her work helped to initiate reevaluations of women's roles in society. Larcom also wrote one of the best accounts of New England childhood of her time, A New England Girlhood. Larcom’s influence is still felt in her hometown of Beverly; a local literary magazine is called The Larcom Review, and the Larcom Theater, home to the world’s longest running magician’s show, is named for her.
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This collection of children's literature is a part of the Educational Technology Clearinghouse and is funded by various grants. Copyright 2009 by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida.