Mary Cruger
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| Born | May 9, 1834 Oscawana, New York |
| Died | November 15, 1908 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Mary Cruger (May 9, 1834[1] โ November 15, 1908[2]) was an American novelist. Cruger's novels examine social problems through a Christian viewpoint.[1]
Life
Cruger was born in Oscawana in Westchester County, New York, the daughter of Captain Nicholas Cruger (1801โ1868) and Eliza Kortright Cruger. After the deaths of her parents, she built a house near Montrose, New York called "Wood Rest".[3]
Cruger's first novel,
Cruger also wrote the novel The Vanderheyde Manor House (1887) and translated Labor, the Divine Command (1890) by Leo Tolstoy.
At the time of her death, she was living in the
rectory of the church of her brother, Reverend Gouverneur Cruger, the Church of the Divine Love, in Sunset, near Montrose.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e Hill, Vicki Lynn (1979). "Mary Cruger". In Mainiero, Lina (ed.). American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present. Vol. 1. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. pp. 432โ4.
- ^ New York Times. November 20, 1908.
- ^ Frances Elizabeth Willard; Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1897). American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits : a Comprehensive Encyclopedia of the Lives and Achievements of American Women During the Nineteenth Century. Vol. 1. Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick. p. 218. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ISBN 978-1-85109-620-6. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
External links
Works related to Woman of the Century/Mary Cruger at Wikisource- Mary Cruger at Find a Grave
- Works by or about Mary Cruger at Internet Archive
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