Rebecca Ruter Springer

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Rebecca Ruter Springer (November 8, 1832 – 1904) was a 19th-century American author who wrote the famous Christian book Intra Muros, better known today as My Dream of Heaven. As the modern name implies, Springer claimed to have a vision of a Christian heaven, and she recounts this vision in her book as well as some personal insights. My Dream of Heaven is considered by many^{[by whom?]} to be a deeply inspirational book.

Rebecca Ruter was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 8, 1832, the daughter of Calvin W. Ruter, a Methodist clergyman in Indiana.^[1] She attended Wesleyan Female College and graduated at the age of 18.^[2] She married William McKendree Springer on December 15, 1859, later a lawyer and member of the Illinois General Assembly. William Ruter Springer, the couple's only child, was born a few years later, and went on to graduate from a private military academy in Virginia in 1880.^[2] Springer and her husband left for a two-year European tour in 1868 to improve her health, which at the time had been described as "feeble"; a condition which persisted until her death in 1904.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ Introduction at www.depauw.edu
2. ^ ^{a b c} Springer, Rebecca (2003). "Introduction". In Scott Givens. My Dream of Heaven. Taxus Baccata Books. ISBN 0972983015. 

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Name	Springer, Rebecca Ruter
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Date of birth	November 8, 1832
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Date of death	1904
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