Alice Bradley Neal (September 13, 1827 – August 23, 1863) was a 19th-century

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writer. She wrote under many names and aliases: Alice G. Lee, Alice B. Neal, Clara Cushman, Mrs. Joseph C. Neal and Alice B. Haven.

Biography

Life

Alice was born on September 13 of 1827 with the given name Emily Bradley in

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, and was a widow by age 19. Her first husband was author and editor Joseph C. Neal. She adopted the name Alice in 1846. In 1853, she married again, to broker Samuel Neal, and moved with him to rural New York. They had five children, but she was beset with illness and died shortly after the birth of their last child. Her sister,

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, "Mrs. Manners"), was also a writer.

Career

For the ''

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'' and the ''Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art'', both publications out of

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between the years 1846 and 1864, Alice had over 30 poems and short stories published. She also wrote for '' The American Female Poets'' and '' The Gem of The Western World'' and did the written accompaniment for her husband's book ''Neal, Joseph C. Charcoal Sketches. Second Series'', published in 1848.

Selected works

;1847 * January; "Asking Forgiveness" (poem) (as Alice G. Lee) * March; "The Blind Wife" (poem) (as Alice G. Lee) * July; "Love and Glory" (poem) (as Alice Gordon Lee) ;1848 * February; "Mistaking the Person" (short) (as Mrs. Joseph C. Neal) * July; "The Gossips of Rivertown" a.k.a. "Lessons of Charity" (short) (as Mrs. Joseph C. Neal) ;1849 * December; "Gossips and Tokens" (short) ;1850 * January; "Ideal Husbands" a.k.a. "School-Girl Fancies" (short) (as Mrs. Joseph C. Neal) * February; "The Nest at Home" (short) (as Mrs. Joseph C. Neal) * March; "The Young Bride's Trials" (short) (as Mrs. Joseph C. Neal) * May; "A Gift from Heaven" (short) (as Mrs. Joseph C. Neal) * July; "Bishop White Administering the Sacrament" (poem and essay) (as Mrs. Alice B. Neal) * August; "The Christian Mother" (poem) (as Alice B. Neal) * October; "Which is the Mother?" (short) (as Alice B. Neal) * November; "Furnishing" a.k.a. "Two Ways of Commencing Life" (short) (as Alice B. Neal) * December; "A Reminiscence of Jenny Lind" (quotes poem from Wm. C. Richards) (as Alice B. Neal) ;1858 "Personal Reminiscences of Miss Eliza Leslie," Godey's Lady's Book 56. 1858. Page 344. (As Alice B. Haven)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neal, Alice B. 1828 births 1863 deaths 19th-century American writers 19th-century American women writers People from Hudson, New York Writers from New York (state) Pseudonymous women writers 19th-century pseudonymous writers