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Music She was born in 1821. She was born in 1821 in the humble town of Winchenden, Massachusetts, and she must have been a spirited baby, because she was a spirited woman.

She was a tomboy. Her family moved to New Hampshire, and eventually she grew up to become a public school teacher.

Not only did she help students learn and grow, she began writing.

In fact, she quickly became a prolific writer, mostly on serious socio-political matters such as abolition and other moral issues of her day.

Her work started appearing in magazines.

Then people started asking her to lecture, so she began lecturing.

And if you're wondering whether it was common for a woman to lecture in the mid-1800s,

the answer is no.

At age 40, she finally got married. She was a late bloomer. He was a minister named John,

and those were turbulent times. It was 1861, and the Civil War was tearing the nation asunder.

Only days into their marriage, his country came calling.

The Reverend was made chaplain, chaplain of the eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment,

and he was expected to muster off to war.

And I wish I could have heard the Reverend break the news to his wife,

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