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Introduction FO RU M Envisioning America’s Future: Lydia Maria Child and Social Justice Sarah Olivier University of Denver n May 2015 a group of scholars gathered at the American Literature Asso- I ciation conference to establish the Lydia Maria Child Society (lmcs). In founding an author society, one must consider (among other things) what sort of work the organization will do and what its guiding principles will be. Our founding members thought it best to look to our author for inspiration. One of the nineteenth century’s most prolific and influential author- activists, Child addressed sociopolitical issues, such as slavery and racism, Native American rights, the conditions of the urban poor, women’s equality, and religious intoler- ance, through a variety of literary genres. The passionate purpose that suffuses her writing reflects the deep social commitments that she embraced and also illuminates possibilities for future change. Child speaks of her own vocation as a writer in the following manner: “It is my mission to help in the breaking down of classes, and to make all men feel as if they were brethren of the same family, sharing the same rights, the same capabilities, and the same responsi- bilities. While my hand can http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Legacy University of Nebraska Press

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Olivier, Sarah
Legacy , Volume 34 (1) – Jun 20, 2017
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FO RU M Envisioning America’s Future: Lydia Maria Child and Social Justice Sarah Olivier University of Denver n May 2015 a group of scholars gathered at the American Literature Asso- I ciation conference to establish the Lydia Maria Child Society (lmcs). In founding an author society, one must consider (among other things) what sort of work the organization will do and what its guiding principles will be. Our founding members thought it best to look to our author for inspiration. One of the nineteenth century’s most prolific and influential author- activists, Child addressed sociopolitical issues, such as slavery and racism, Native American rights, the conditions of the urban poor, women’s equality, and religious intoler- ance, through a variety of literary genres. The passionate purpose that suffuses her writing reflects the deep social commitments that she embraced and also illuminates possibilities for future change. Child speaks of her own vocation as a writer in the following manner: “It is my mission to help in the breaking down of classes, and to make all men feel as if they were brethren of the same family, sharing the same rights, the same capabilities, and the same responsi- bilities. While my hand can

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