Rebecca Harding Davis



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Rebecca Harding Davis

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born
June 24, 1831 in Washington, Pennsylvania, The United States

died
September 29, 1910

gender
female

genre
Literature & Fiction


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Rebecca Blaine Harding was "the eldest of five children of Richard W. and Rachel Leet (Wilson) Harding." (Langworthy 445) Her mother was known to be genteel woman. "According to family legend, Rachel's grandfather, 'Panther Jim' Wilson, had fought at Valley Forge and her grandmother had danced with Lafayette." (Bits of Gossip, 6) and her father was an Irish immigrant who came to America in search of his fortune. Rachel's father did not approve of her romance with Richard, because he was "a 'foreigner' who had 'gone into business' in far-off Alabama,"(Rose, 1) therefore they eloped nine years after they met. After their marriage they moved to Big Spring and at the age of six her parents moved to Wheeling, Virginia. Being raised in Wheeling a...more


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Average rating: 3.39 · 408 ratings · 35 reviews · 30 distinct works
Life in the Iron Mills
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3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 1861 — 22 editions
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Waiting For The Verdict
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Margret Howth
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Bits of Gossip
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The Wife's Story
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Kent Hampden (1892)
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A Law Unto Herself; A Novel
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Frances Waldeaux
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