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title: Lydia Maria Child
author: unknown
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20321/lydia-maria-child/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2025-04-10
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# Lydia Maria Child
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20321.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Lydia](https://www.worldhistory.org/lydia/) Maria Child (l. 1802-1880), American author, abolitionist, human rights activist, and editor of *Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl* (1861) by [Harriet Jacobs](https://www.worldhistory.org/Harriet_Jacobs/), pictured here reading a book. Photograph by John A. Whipple, c. 1865.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
## Cite This Work
### APA
unknown. (2025, April 10). Lydia Maria Child. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
unknown. "Lydia Maria Child." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 10, 2025. .
### MLA
unknown. "Lydia Maria Child." *World History Encyclopedia*, 10 Apr 2025, .
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