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Davis, Rebecca Harding

(1831-1910) American writer. Rebecca Harding Davis was a pioneer of realist fiction and a journalist, whose social commentary was nationally acclaimed.

Bibliography

From Janice Milner Lasseter, Samford University, a good bibliography of primary and secondary sources for this pioneer of American Realism.

Essays on "Life"

From the Scribbling Women site, a bio, and essays on Davis's "Life in the Iron Mills," her acclaimed story about working conditions in the iron mills of the 19th Century. .

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