Sarah Orne Jewett
(1849-1909)
| Sarah Orne Jewett | American Political and Cultural History |
| 1849: Jewett born in South Berwik, Maine (JB) | Gold rush (DMC) |
| 1860: Grandfather dies (JB) | Abraham Lincoln elected president (DMC) |
| 1865: Graduates from Berwik Academy (TH) | Civil War (DMC) |
| 1869: Jewett's first publication, "Mr. Bruce" (PPR) | Ulysses S. Grant elected president (DMC) |
| 1877: "Deephaven" published (LU) | Railroad strike (DMC) |
| 1878: Father dies (JB) | Women's suffrage issue addressed in congress (DMC) |
| 1879: "Old Friends and New" published (DMC) | President Hayes rejects a bill restricting Chinese immigration (DMC) |
| 1882: "Tom's Husband" published (DMC) | John D. Rockefeller organizes Standard Oil Trust (DMC) |
| 1884: "A Country Doctor" published (DMC) | Grover Cleveland elected president (DMC) |
| 1886: "The White Heron and Other Stories" published (LU) | Haymarket riot (DMC) |
| 1887: "Landscape Chamber" published (PPR) | Interstate Commerce Act passed (DMC) |
| 1890: "Tales of New England" published (LU) | Hull House founded (DMC) |
| 1891: Mother dies (TH) | Populist Party forms (DMC) |
| 1893: "A Native of Winby" published (LU) | Financial Panic of 1893 (DMC) |
| 1896: "A Country of Pointed Firs" published (LU) | Plessy vs. Ferguson (DMC) |
| 1897: Younger sister Caroline dies (LU) | William McKinley inaugurated as president (DMC) |
| 1899: "A Queen's Twin" published (PPR) | Philippine Revolution (DMC) |
| 1900: "The Foreigner" published (PPR) | Boxer Rebellion (China) (DMC) |
| 1901: Jewett becomes first woman to receive Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from Bowdoin College (LU) | President McKinley assassinated (DMC) |
| 1908: Jewett meets Willa Cather (TH) | William Taft elected president (DMC) |
| 1909: Jewett dies in South Berwik, Maine (JB) |
Sources
(JB): Blanck, Jacob. Bibliography of American Literature: Volume 5. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1969.
(DMC): Campbell, Donna M. "American Literature Timeline." Seattle: Gonzaga University, 2000. March 15, 2003. http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/
(TH): Heller, Terry. "Sarah Orne Jewett Text Project." March 15, 2003. http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/sj-index.htm
(PPR): Reuben, Paul P. "Paul P. Reuben Website." March 15, 2003. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/TABLE.HTML
(LU): Unger, Leonard. American Writers: A Collection of Literature Biographies: Volume 2. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1974.