Henrietta Christian Wright

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name = Henrietta Christian Wright


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birth_date = 1854
birth_place = Old Bridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
death_date = 1899
death_place = Old Bridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
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occupation = Author

Henrietta Christian Wright is an American children's story writer who resided in East Brunswick, New Jersey.

Life of Henrietta Christian Wright

Henrietta Christian Wright was born in 1854 in Old Bridge, Middlesex, New Jersey. She died in 1899 in Old Bridge, Middlesex, New Jersey of tuberculosis.

Published Works

She wrote children's books on literature, history and science. One of her books of children's stories covered a period of 1660-1860 with great authors like Edgar Allan Poe, William Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lowell, and Holmes. Published in 1895, this book was a part of the everyday schooling of young pre-teensFacts|date=November 2007.

In 1883, the New York publisher White and Stokes published "Little Folk in Green" written by Wright and illustrated at the age of 16 by Miss Lydia (Field) Emmet (1866-1952), who went on to become a noted portrait artist.Facts|date=November 2007

Wright also produced "Children's Stories in English Literature From Taliesin to Shakespeare," in which she introduces traditional songs and literary work by Chaucer, Spenser, Phillip Sidney, and Shakespeare with biographical and historic notes before re-telling their writings in language for children. It was published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1889.

This publisher also lists the following works by Henrietta Christian WrightFacts|date=November 2007:

"Children's Stories of American Progress"

"Children's Stories in American History"

"Children's Stories of the Great Scientists"

"The Princess Lilliwinkins and Other Stories"