Mary Wilkins Freeman
1852-1930
| Mary Wilkins Freeman | American Political and Cultural History |
| 1852: Born in Randolph, Massachusetts (ASS) | 1852: "Know-Nothing Party" (ACH1) opposes Catholics and foreigners |
| 1858: Death of younger brother (FB) | 1858: President Buchanan (ACH1) asks that Kansas be admitted as a slave state/Lincoln (ACH1) nominated to oppose Stephen Douglas (ACH1) for the Senate/Financial panic of 1858 |
| 1867: Family moves to Battleboro, Vermont (FB) after her father falls victim to post- Civil War depression | 1867: All males over 21 are granted suffrage in US territories (ACH2) /First Reconstruction Act (ACH2) passed over the president’s veto/Alaska (ACH2) purchased from Russia |
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1873: Family falls victims to economic distress (FB)
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1873: The Financial panic of 1873 (ACH3) begins/Stock Exchange (ACH3) closes for 10 days |
| 1876: Only sister Ana dies (FB) | 1876: The telephone (ACH3) is invented/Custer and 250 soldiers attack the forces of Sitting Bull (ACH3) and Crazy Horse (ACH3) at the Little Big Horn |
| 1880: mother dies (MWF) | 1880: The National Farmers Alliance (AAH) is organized by Milton George/James A. Garfield wins presidency (AAH) / George Eastman (ACH4) takes out a patent on a flexible roll of film for use in cameras |
| 1881: Mary receives money for the first time for writing children stories "Beggar King" and "The Tithing" (DLB) | 1881: James A. Garfield (ACH4) is shot in the back and dies/Clara Barton organizes the American Red Cross (ACH4) |
| 1882: Publishes "The Shadow Family" (DLB) | 1882: Immigration of Chinese labor suspended despite President Chester A. Arthur’s veto of the Chinese Exclusion Act (ACH4) |
| 1883: Publishes "Two Old Lovers," (FB) long-lasting friendship with editor and critic Mary Louise Booth (FB) begins/ Mary’s father dies | 1883: Brooklyn Bridge (ACH4) opened to the public/Pendleton Civil Service Act (ACH4) is passed to reform the corruption in the Civil Service |
| 1887: Publishes A Humble Romance (ASS) and Other Stories | 1887: Dawes Sevaralty Act (ACH4) provides for 160 acres to be given to each Indian family/Nez Perce war (ACH4) / Interstate Commerce Act (ACH4) passed |
| 1890: Publishes “The Revolt of Mother” (ASS) | 1890: Sherman Anti-Trust Law (ACH5) /Hull House (ACH5) set up/200 Sioux killed by soldiers in Wounded Knee (ACH5) |
| 1891: Second volume, A New England Nun (DLB) and Other Stories, comes out | 1891: First international copyright law (ACH5) /Populist party (ACH5) is formed in Ohio/Edison patents a motion picture camera (ACH5) |
| 1898: Publishes Silence and Other Stories (DLB) | 1898: Spanish-American War (ACH5) / “Yellow Journalism” (ACH5) / Annexation of Hawaii (ACH5) |
| 1902: Marries Dr. C.M. Freeman and moves to New Jersey (FB) | 1902: Thomas Edison patents a motion picture camera (AAH) /first international copyright law (ACH6 ) / United Mine Workers (ACH6) go in strike |
| 1908: Publishes The Shoulders of Atlas (DLB) | 1908: Congress enacts a bill that will regulate child labor in the District of Columbia (AAH) / Henry Ford (ACH6) introduces the Model T/ Cogress passes the Aldrich-Vreeland Act (AAH) |
| 1921: Husband committed for alcoholism and drug addiction (FB) | 1921: American Bith Control League (ACH7) is formed/ William Howard Taft (ACH7) appointed to Supreme Court |
| 1922: Mary and Charles legally separated (FB) | 1922: Supreme Court declares the 19th Amendment (ACH7) / Capper-Volstead Act (ACH7) permits farmers to form cooperatives for buying and selling goods without being prosecuted for anti-trust violations |
| 1923: Husband dies (FB) | 1923: The Teapot Dome (ACH7) scandal corrupts/ The Intermediate Credit Act authorized by Congress provides relief to farmers through extending loans to cooperatives (ACH7) |
| 1925: Receives William Dean Howells (FB) Medal for outstanding fiction | 1925: The Scopes Trial (ACH7) begins/ Calvin Coolidge (AAH) is inaugurated president |
| 1930: Mary Wilkins Freeman dies of heart failure (MWF) | 1930: Filipinos in Alaskan Canneries (ACH7) / Congress passes the Veterans Administration Act/ President Hoover signs the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (AAH) |
Work Cited
AAH: Schlesinger Jr., Arthur M. The Almanac of American History. The Putnam Publishing Group. 1983. pgs: 342-343.
ASS: Current-Garcia, Eugene; Hitchcock, Bert; Kouidis, Virgina M. American Short Stories-Seventh Edition. United States-Social life and customs-fiction. Connecticut. 2002. pgs: 192-193.
DLB: Pizer, Donald; Harbert, Earl N. Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Realists and Naturalists. Gale Research Company: Book Tower. Michigan. 1982. pgs: 183-189
ACH1: D. Campbell. Brief Timeline of American Literature & Events: 1850-1859. February 13, 2003. February 27, 2003. http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl1311/1850.html
ACH2: D. Campbell. Brief Timeline of American Literature & Events: 1860-1869. February 13, 2003. February 27, 2003. http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl1311/1860.html
ACH3: D. Campbell. Brief Timeline of American Literature & Events: 1870-1879. February 13, 2003. February 27, 2003. http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl1311/1870.html
ACH4: D. Campbell. Brief Timeline of American Literature & Events: 1880-1889. February 13, 2003. February 27, 2003. http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl1311/1880.html
ACH5: D. Campbell. Brief Timeline of American Literature & Events: 1890-1899. February 13, 2003. February 27, 2003. http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl1311/1890.html
ACH6: D. Campbell. Brief Timeline of American Literature & Events: 1900-1910. February 13, 2003. February 27, 2003. http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl1311/1900.html
ACH7: D. Campbell. Brief Timeline of American Literature & Events: 1921-1929. February 13, 2003. February 27, 2003. http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl1311/1920.html
FB: O'Conner, Michael. American Literature Web Resources: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. Nov. 2002. March 19, 2003. http://www.millikin.edu/aci/crow/chronology/freemanbio.html
MWF: McFadden, Kathleen. Women's Stories: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. 1999-2000. March 19, 2003. http://writetools.com/women/stories/freeman_mary.html