... the heart that is truly virtuous is ever inclined to pi… - Susanna Rowson

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... the heart that is truly virtuous is ever inclined to pity and forgive the errors of its fellow creatures.

Susanna Rowson

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Susanna Rowson (née Haswell; 1762 – 2 March 1824) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, religious writer, stage actress, and educator. She was the first woman geographer and an early supporter of female education. She also wrote against slavery. Rowson was the author of the 1791 novel Charlotte Temple, the most popular best-seller in American literature until Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published serially in 1851–1852, and authored the first human geography textbook Rowson's Abridgement of Universal Geography in 1805.

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Birth Name: Susanna Haswell

Alternative Names: Susanna Haswell Rowson

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