Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge was an American children's author and editor, best known for her novel Hans Brinker. She was the recognized leader in juvenile literature for almost a third of the nineteenth century. Wikipedia
Born: January 26, 1831, New York, NY
Died: August 21, 1905 (age 74 years), Tannersville, NY
Children: James Mapes Dodge
Spouse: William Dodge (m. 1851–1858)
Parents: James Mapes and Sophia Furman
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