Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney

Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney (June 27, 1824 – November 19 , 1904), writer, reformer, and philanthropist, was born on Beacon Hill, Boston to Sargent Smith Littledale and Ednah Parker (Dow). She married portrait artist Seth Wells Cheney on May 19, 1853. His ill health limited his volume of work and after a winter trip abroad (1854-1855) he died in 1856. They had one child, Margaret Swan Cheney (September 8, 1855 – September 22, 1882) [Edna's daughter, Margaret Swan Cheney died of tuberculosis while a student in the 1882 class at MIT and a reception room of the Women’s Chemistry Laboratory was named in her memory. [http://www.mit-amita.org/esr/womenslab.html AMITA.org] (Association of MIT Alumnae)]

After her husband's death she took an interest in social concerns such as the Freedman's Aid Society, women's rights, and the New England Hospital for Women and Children. She lectured at the Concord School of Philosophy on the history of art. She was an active member of the Margaret Fuller conversation class.

Works

* "Patience: a series of thirty games with cards." 1870
* "Social games. A collection of 31 games with cards." 1871
* "Faithful to the Light and Other Tales." 1871
* "Sally Williams, the mountain girl." 1872
* "The Child of the Tide / By Ednah D. Cheney." 1874
* "Memoir of Susan Dimock : resident physician of the New England Hospital for Women and Children." 1875
* "Jenny of the Lighthouse." 1877
* "Memoir of Seth W. Cheney, artist." 1881
* "Gleanings in the Fields of Art." 1881
* "Louisa May Alcott, the Children's Friend." 1888
* "The Life of Louisa May Alcott." 1888
* "Memoir of John Cheney, Engraver." 1889
* "Nora’s return : a sequel to "The doll’s house" of Henry Ibsen / by Ednah D. Cheney." 1890
* "Memoirs of Lucretia Crocker and Abby W. May." 1893
* "Life of Christian Daniel Rauch of Berlin, Germany. Drawn from German authorities by Ednah D. Cheney." 1893
* "Reminiscences of Ednah Dow Cheney (born Littlehale)." 1902

References

* "Cheney, Ednah Dow Littlehale." "American Authors 1600 – 1900." H. W. Wilson Company, NY 1938.
* Ingebritsen, Shirley Phillips. "Cheney, Ednah Dow Littlehale" "Notable American Women." Vol. 1, 4th ed., The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975
* [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ednah+dow+cheney&fq=ap%3AEdnah+Dow+Littlehale+Cheney&sd=desc&start=1&qt=page_number_link Worldcat.org] Accessed May 27,2007

Note