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Harriett Lothrop

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    (June 22, 1844-August 2, 1924)
    Born in New Haven, Connecticut
    Birth name was Harriett Mulford Stone
    Pseudonym is Margaret Sidney
    Author of the ‘Five Little Peppers’ book series (1881-1916)
    Other books include ‘So as by Fire’ (1881), ‘Half Year at Bronckton’ (1882), ‘The Pettibone Name’ (1883), ‘Ballad of the Lost Hare’ (1884), ‘The Golden West’ (1885), ‘Hester, and other New England Stories’ (1886), ‘Two Modern Little Princes’ (1887), and ‘St. George and the Dragon’ (1888)
    Married to Boston publisher Daniel Lothrop (1881-92)

Why she might be annoying:

    She married her publisher the year he published her original book.
    She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Concord chapter.
    She went so far as to found an offshoot organization, the Children of the American Revolution, in 1895.
    Despite being a prolific and beloved author in her own time, she is barely remembered by modern readers (even her Five Little Peppers series is a stretch for New Englanders).

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was an early advocate of historical preservation.
    She and her husband bought The Wayside country house (where famous authors Alcott and Hawthorne resided at different times) in 1883.
    The Wayside is now a popular tourist attraction in Concord, and the Lothrops are largely responsible for it (they renovated it to add town water, central heating, indoor plumbing, and electricity).
    She didn't start actively writing until her mid-Thirties, when she began submitting short stories to newspapers.
    In addition to writing popular children's books, she ran her husband's publishing company after his death.
    She served as the first Senior National President of the Children of the American Revolution for six years from its inception.

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