American novelist and short story writer Catharine Sedgwick died #OTD in 1867.
She wrote work in American settings, and combined patriotism with protests against historic Puritan oppressiveness. Her topics contributed to the creation of a national literature, enhanced by her detailed descriptions of nature. Sedgwick created spirited heroines who did not conform to the stereotypical conduct of women at the time.
Books by Catharine Sedgwick at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35508