Adams, Hannah
the first woman in the United States to make a profession of literature, was born in 1755 in Medfield, Mass. After the civil war she opened a school to prepare young men for college.
Her principal work appeared in 1784, entitled A View of Religious Opinions; and a fourth edition of that work was entitled A Dictionary of Religions. She was also the author of A History of New England; Evidences of Christianity; History of the Jews; and Letters on the Gospel.
She died Nov. 15, 1832, in Brookline, Mass.