![]() At the time of her death, she had achieved a moderate degree of recognition as a writer today her works are virtually unknown. Whether her death was the result of delirium from influenza or of depression has never been determined. She died in Venice after falling or leaping from her bedroom window. Upon her mother's death in 1879, Woolson and her sister, Clare Benedict, traveled in Europe, where Woolson spent the remainder of her life. After her father's death in 1869, she traveled extensively in the South with her mother. Her childhood summers were spent at the family cottage at Mackinac Island, later to become the setting for a number of her short stories. She attended school there until enrolling in Madame Chegary's school in New York City, from which she graduated in 1858. After the death of three older sisters from scarlet fever, Woolson moved at a very early age with her family to Cleveland. and Hannah Pomeroy WoolsonĬonstance Fenimore Woolson was the sixth of nine children and the grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper. Wrote under: Anne March Daughter of Charles J. ![]() ![]() Born 5 March 1840, Claremont, New Hampshire died 24 January 1894, Venice, Italy ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |