Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was an American writer and activist for many causes, including women’s rights, abolitionism, Native American rights, and opposition to American imperialism and expansionism. Yet, while popular in her time for her stories and novels, which often integrated her concerns as an activist, Child is best known for the poem that has become a perennial favorite around Turkey Day. The poem, now better known as “Over the River and Through the Wood,” was put to its equally familiar tune by an unknown musician. The final seven stanzas of the poem are not included in the song version.
Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was an American writer and activist for many causes, including women’s rights, abolitionism, Native American rights, and opposition to American imperialism and expansionism. Yet, while popular in her time for her stories and novels, which often integrated her concerns as an activist, Child is best known for the poem that has become a perennial favorite around Turkey Day. The poem, now better known as “Over the River and Through the Wood,” was put to its equally familiar tune by an unknown musician. The final seven stanzas of the poem are not included in the song version.
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