About E. Louisa Mather
Elizabeth Louisa Mather (née Foster; January 7, 1815 – February 5, 1882) was an American writer from Connecticut. A relative of Miles Standish, she converted to Universalism after her marriage. She was a prolific writer for 40 years, contributing essays, stories, and poems to various periodicals. Her writing often addressed religious subjects, capital punishment, and woman's suffrage. == Biography == Elizabeth Louisa Foster was born in East Haddam, Connecticut on January 7, 1815. On her maternal side, she was a relative of Mrs. Abel C. Thomas. Mather was baptized in the Episcopal Church, of which her parents were members. Her grandfather was Joel Foster, A. M. Her father came from Massachusetts, and settled in Connecticut in 1809 or 1810. The family traces its descent from Miles Standish, of Plymouth Colony, on the father's side.
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