About Fanny Fern:
Fanny Fern was an American newspaper columnist, humorist, novelist, and author of children's stories in the 1850s-1870s. Fern's great popularity has been attributed to her conversational style and sense of what mattered to her mostly middle-class female readers. By 1855, Fern was the highest-paid columnist in the United States, commanding $100 per week for her New York Ledger column.
She said it was beautiful to be loved, and that it made everything on earth look brighter.
Fanny Fern