1.
Louisa May Alcott.
17 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
2.
Fanny
15 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
3.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
she gained lasting success writing for children. She is best known for Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Secret Garden, and A Little Princess.
11 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
4.
Roald Dahl
He is the best children's author according to kids 10 to 15.Mostly fiction.Only a few books have been written about his own life.
10 points - added 11 years ago by guest - 1 comment
Comments:
Agree he is an amazing author!!!!!!!!!
Added 11 years ago by guest, 0 points
5.
Fanny Forester
8 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
6.
Kate Chopin
Bayou Folk (1894), a collection of stories about life in Louisiana, gave her national recognition.
8 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
7.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
best known for her antislavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe also wrote nine other novels, short fiction, and nonfiction.
5 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
8.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
3 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
9.
Lydia Sigourney
3 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
10.
Susan B. Anthony
2 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
11.
Sojourner Truth
1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
12.
Margaret Fuller
1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
13.
Thoreau
1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
14.
Emerson
1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
15.
Melville
1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
16.
Fern. Hawthorne
1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
17.
Martha Finley
1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
18.
E. D. E. N. Southworth
The Hidden Hand, a woman (Capitola) "full of fun, frolic, spirit, and courage." That character was so beloved that stores sold Capitola hats and boats, hotels, and newly-founded towns bore the name.
1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
19.
Grace Greenwood
0 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
20.
Susan Wrmer
0 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
21.
Susanna Rowson
Her number one best-selling novel of the first half century was Charlotte Temple
0 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
22.
Hannah Adams
known as the first professional woman writer in the United States.She wrote theological works and histories, including Summary History of New England (1799), the first history to trace the United States from the Mayflower to the ratification of the federal Constitution.
-1 point - added 15 years ago by kris -
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