Henrietta Gould Rowe (, Gould; 1835 – October 27, 1910) was an American

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and author of the

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Biography

Henrietta (sometimes "Harriet") Gould was born in East Corinth, Maine, 1835. She was the daughter of Aaron and Sarah Gould. Rowe received an academic education. She married James Swett Rowe of

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on October 25, 1856. After her marriage, she removed to

and resided thereafter in that city. She began to write as soon as she could make letters on her slate, but only after her marriage did she write for publication. She did a great deal of literary work in the subsequent decades, principally prose, with an occasional poem. She wrote for ''

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'', ''Portland Transcript'', ''Wide-Awake'', and various other publications. Rowe published various volumes, including ''Re-told Tales of the Hills and Shores of Maine'' (1892); ''Queenshithe'' (1895); and ''A Maid of Bar Harbor'' (1902). As an author, she received positive recognition, and her last book did fair to out-rival her ''Re-Told Tales'', which passed through several editions. She wrote poems and stories for many magazines, principally relating to

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life and character. She was also an educator of advanced pupils in history and literature, and a prominent clubwoman.

Death

Henrietta Gould Rowe died October 27, 1910.

Works

*''Re-told Tales of the Hills and Shores of Maine'', 1892 *''Queenshithe'', 1895 *''A Maid of Bar Harbor'', 1902

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, Harriet Gould 1835 births 1910 deaths 19th-century American writers 19th-century American women writers 20th-century American writers 20th-century American women writers People from Corinth, Maine Writers from Maine