Newspapers and periodicals across the United States and England began printing Fanny Fern’s humorous, irreverent articles. In 1853, she published her first book: Fern Leaves from Fanny’s …

Fern's great popularity has been attributed to her conversational style and sense of what mattered to her mostly middle-class female readers. By 1855, Fern was the highest-paid columnist in …

Love is a farce; matrimony is a humbug; husbands are domestic Napoleons, Neroes, Alexanders,—sighing for other hearts to conquer, after they are sure of yours. The honey …

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Fanny Fern (born Sara Payson Willis; July 9, 1811 – October 10, 1872), was an American novelist, children's writer, humorist, and newspaper columnist in the 1850s to 1870s. Her …

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“Aunt Hetty in Matrimony” Fern basically tells the story of an Aunt speaking to young girls about how awful marriage can be and how their husband will not show any appreciation for them.

To provide for herself and her children, Sara took up the pseudonym Fanny Fern and began writing regular newspaper columns for the True Flag and Olive Branch, two Boston …

Fern was a pioneer of reform journalism and an early crusader for women's political and economic rights. In the newspaper columns she wrote from 1851 to 1872, she denounced what she saw …

Dec 7, 2017 · Fern focused on gender inequality, suffrage, divorce law, prison reform, and the poor. These themes are found throughout “Hungry Husbands,” “Male Criticism on Ladies’ …