Kate Dickinson Sweetser
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United States
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author known in her time for writing juvenile fiction and compilations. She was born in New York City
New York City
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to Charles H.
Charles H. Sweetser
Charles H. Sweetser was an American author, journalist and editor. He was born in Athol, Massachusetts in Worcester County and graduated from Amherst College in 1862. The poet Emily Dickinson was one of his cousins and his daughter, Kate Dickinson Sweetser, was also an author...
and Mary N. Sweetser. Her great-grandfather, Samuel Dickinson, was one of the founders of Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
in Massachusetts; she was also the cousin of poet Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life...
.