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Rebecca Clarke: Norridgewock children's author was considered 'Charles Dickens of the Nursery'

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From: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
Date: 20080312
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Maine Women in History Rediscovering Their Lives and Legacies

Rebecca Clarke, considered American's first writer for children because of the way she wrote for children and not for small adults, was born Feb. 22, 1833, in Norridgewock the daughter of Asa and Sophia (Bates) Clarke.

She lived in the Norridgewock house of her birth most of her life, except for a 10-year period from 1851 to 1861 when she was a school teacher in Indiana. She had to resign from that post because of growing deafness, according to Jeff Hollingsworth's "Maginficent Mainers."

Clarke also wintered in Baltimore, Florida ...

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