Novelist, journalist, antisuffragist
Born in Gloucester, Virginia, on October 23, 1860, Seawell spent her early life at the family's plantation home, "The Shelter," which had been a hospital in the Revolutionary War. Her father was a student of the Classics, who influenced her learning. She was not allowed to read a novel until she was 17, instead reading history, encyclopedias, Shakespeare, and the Romantic poets. Her education was primarily informal at home, where she learned riding, dancing, and household management. In addition to these influences and her Tidewater surroundings, Seawell's seafaring uncle, Joseph Seawell, contributed to her future literary subjects.
The death of her father when she was 20 (Notman "Talks" 392) prompted Molly Elliot Seawell, her mother and her younger sister, Henrietta, to move from "The Shelter" in Gloucester to Norfolk and later to Washington, D.C. It was either in Norfolk or in Washington that Seawell began her literary career in earnest.
Her own health had been precarious for a number of years. Molly Elliot Seawell died of cancer in her home on November 15, 1916, only a few weeks after her 56th birthday. Her Roman Catholic Requiem mass was held in the Romanesque St. Matthew's Church, now the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Washington. Her body was laid to rest at Baltimore's Greenmount Cemetery.
Born in Gloucester, Virginia, on October 23, 1860, Seawell spent her early life at the family's plantation home, "The Shelter," which had been a hospital in the Revolutionary War. Her father was a student of the Classics, who influenced her learning. She was not allowed to read a novel until she was 17, instead reading history, encyclopedias, Shakespeare, and the Romantic poets. Her education was primarily informal at home, where she learned riding, dancing, and household management. In addition to these influences and her Tidewater surroundings, Seawell's seafaring uncle, Joseph Seawell, contributed to her future literary subjects.
The death of her father when she was 20 (Notman "Talks" 392) prompted Molly Elliot Seawell, her mother and her younger sister, Henrietta, to move from "The Shelter" in Gloucester to Norfolk and later to Washington, D.C. It was either in Norfolk or in Washington that Seawell began her literary career in earnest.
Her own health had been precarious for a number of years. Molly Elliot Seawell died of cancer in her home on November 15, 1916, only a few weeks after her 56th birthday. Her Roman Catholic Requiem mass was held in the Romanesque St. Matthew's Church, now the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Washington. Her body was laid to rest at Baltimore's Greenmount Cemetery.
Novelist, journalist, antisuffragist
Born in Gloucester, Virginia, on October 23, 1860, Seawell spent her early life at the family's plantation home, "The Shelter," which had been a hospital in the Revolutionary War. Her father was a student of the Classics, who influenced her learning. She was not allowed to read a novel until she was 17, instead reading history, encyclopedias, Shakespeare, and the Romantic poets. Her education was primarily informal at home, where she learned riding, dancing, and household management. In addition to these influences and her Tidewater surroundings, Seawell's seafaring uncle, Joseph Seawell, contributed to her future literary subjects.
The death of her father when she was 20 (Notman "Talks" 392) prompted Molly Elliot Seawell, her mother and her younger sister, Henrietta, to move from "The Shelter" in Gloucester to Norfolk and later to Washington, D.C. It was either in Norfolk or in Washington that Seawell began her literary career in earnest.
Her own health had been precarious for a number of years. Molly Elliot Seawell died of cancer in her home on November 15, 1916, only a few weeks after her 56th birthday. Her Roman Catholic Requiem mass was held in the Romanesque St. Matthew's Church, now the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Washington. Her body was laid to rest at Baltimore's Greenmount Cemetery.
Born in Gloucester, Virginia, on October 23, 1860, Seawell spent her early life at the family's plantation home, "The Shelter," which had been a hospital in the Revolutionary War. Her father was a student of the Classics, who influenced her learning. She was not allowed to read a novel until she was 17, instead reading history, encyclopedias, Shakespeare, and the Romantic poets. Her education was primarily informal at home, where she learned riding, dancing, and household management. In addition to these influences and her Tidewater surroundings, Seawell's seafaring uncle, Joseph Seawell, contributed to her future literary subjects.
The death of her father when she was 20 (Notman "Talks" 392) prompted Molly Elliot Seawell, her mother and her younger sister, Henrietta, to move from "The Shelter" in Gloucester to Norfolk and later to Washington, D.C. It was either in Norfolk or in Washington that Seawell began her literary career in earnest.
Her own health had been precarious for a number of years. Molly Elliot Seawell died of cancer in her home on November 15, 1916, only a few weeks after her 56th birthday. Her Roman Catholic Requiem mass was held in the Romanesque St. Matthew's Church, now the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Washington. Her body was laid to rest at Baltimore's Greenmount Cemetery.
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