Remembered as a novelist and poet, Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard was the second of nine children raised in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, a setting she drew on for her novels.
Edmund Clarence Stedman wrote a tribute to the late Elizabeth Stoddard which appeared along with her obituary in the New York Times.
Stedman is quoted in Elizabeth Stoddard's obituary as having styled the Stoddards as "the most picturesque couple in America" (9).
The obituary for Elizabeth includes her biography, her professional accomplishments, and the literary society she and her husband cultivated in New York.
The obituary for Elizabeth includes her biography, her professional accomplishments, and the literary society she and her husband cultivated in New York.
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Remembered as a novelist and poet, Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard was the second of nine children raised in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, a setting she drew on for her novels.
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