Grace Greenwood
Grace Greenwood (née Clarke; September 23, 1823 - April 20, 1904) was a US author, poet, correspondent, lecturer, a newspaper owner. She was one of the first women to get access to the press galleries in Congress, and she used her questions to push for social reform and women's rights. Lippincott worked as an editor and contributor for a number of American periodicals, as well as weekly and daily newspapers. Lippincott also contributed extensively to London journals, particularly All the Year...See more
Grace Greenwood (née Clarke; September 23, 1823 - April 20, 1904) was a US author, poet, correspondent, lecturer, a newspaper owner. She was one of the first women to get access to the press galleries in Congress, and she used her questions to push for social reform and women's rights. Lippincott worked as an editor and contributor for a number of American periodicals, as well as weekly and daily newspapers. Lippincott also contributed extensively to London journals, particularly All the Year Round. For some years, she lived nearly entirely in Europe, for the benefit of her severely compromised health and her daughter's schooling. She lived in Washington, D.C., and then New York when she returned to the United States. See less