Martha Wadsworth Brewster

Martha Wadsworth Brewster (April 1, 1710 – c. 1757) was an 18th-century American poet and writer. She is one of only four colonial women who published volumes of their verse before the American Revolution and was the first American-born woman to publish under her own name.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 01, 1710
Birth place
New London County Connecticut
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1757
Place of death
Lebanon Connecticut

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