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(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.
Biography
A good introduction, from Lasseter.
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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