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Fanny Fernwas born Sara Willis in 1811. She was an American newspaper columnist, humorist, novelist, and author of children's books in the 1850s through the 1870s. Fern's popularity is attributed to her conversational style that struck a chord with her intellectual female readers. Some of her published works includeRuth Hall, Fanny Ford, Rose Clark, Little Fern's for Fanny's Little Friends, The Play-Day Book, andThe New Story Book for Children. Susan Belascois professor emerita of English and women's studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She edited Margaret Fuller'sSummer on the Lakesand Fanny Fern'sRuth Hall,and coedited several collections of essays and anthologies of American literature, includingThe Bedford Anthology of American Literature, Volumes IandII,andLeaves of Grass- The Sesquicentennial Essays.
