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  2. Anne Bradstreet - Wikipedia

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    Anne was born in Northampton, England in 1612, the daughter of Thomas Dudley, a steward of the Earl of Lincoln, and Dorothy Yorke. [6]Due to her family's position, she grew up in cultured circumstances and was a well-educated woman for her time, being tutored in history, several languages, and literature.

  3. American poetry - Wikipedia

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    Title page of second (posthumous) edition of Anne Bradstreet's poems, 1678. As England's contact with the Americas increased after the 1490s, English explorers sometimes included verse with their descriptions of the New World up through 1650, the year of Anne Bradstreet's "The Tenth Muse", which was written in America (most likely in Ipswich, Massachusetts or North Andover, Massachusetts) and ...

  4. The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America - Wikipedia

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    The Tenth Muse, lately Sprung up in America [1] is a 1650 book of poetry by Anne Bradstreet.It was Bradstreet's only work published in her lifetime. Published purportedly without Bradstreet's knowledge, Bradstreet wrote to her publisher acknowledging that she knew of the publication.

  5. List of American women's firsts - Wikipedia

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    Anne Hutchinson was the first American woman to start a Protestant sect. [1] 1640 Anne Bradstreet was the first published poet in the British North American colonies. [2] 1647 Margaret Brent was the first American woman to demand the right to vote. [3] [4] 1649 Sarah White Norman and Mary Vincent Hammon were charged with "lewd behavior upon a ...

  6. Gestures in language acquisition - Wikipedia

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    Gestures are distinct from manual signs in that they do not belong to a complete language system. [6] For example, pointing through the extension of a body part, especially the index finger to indicate interest in an object is a widely used gesture that is understood by many cultures [7] On the other hand, manual signs are conventionalized—they are gestures that have become a lexical element ...

  7. YouTube's Ms. Rachel takes on first words and potty training ...

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    Accurso is expanding beyond the screen with her first venture into publishing, releasing three children's books that bring her signature educational style to the page. Her new titles include "100 ...

  8. Elizabeth Wade White - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Wade White at age 18 in 1924 at Westover School. Elizabeth Wade White (June 8, 1906 – December 11, 1994) was an American writer, poet, and activist. [1] She was a lover of Valentine Ackland and wrote The Life of Anne Bradstreet: The Tenth Muse, about the early American poet and first American writer to be published in the Thirteen Colonies.

  9. Verses upon the Burning of Our House - Wikipedia

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    [1] Bradstreet feels guilty that she is hurt from losing earthly possessions. It is against her belief that she should feel this way; showing she is a sinner. Her deep puritan beliefs brought her to accept that the loss of material was a spiritually necessary occurrence. She reminds herself that her future, and anything that has value, lies in ...