Mary E. Bradley Lane | |
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Born | July 3, 1844 St. Mary's, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | January 6, 1930 Hamilton County, Ohio, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Writer, educator |
Mary E. Bradley Lane (July 3, 1844,St Mary's, Ohio – January 6, 1930,Hamilton County, Ohio) was an Americanfeministscience fiction teacher and author. She was one of the first women to have published a science fiction novel in the United States.[1]
Lane's novel,Mizora: A Prophecy, was first published in 1880 as aserial in aCincinnati newspaper, and has remained remarkable for the radicalism of the feministutopia presented, against 19th century societal norms.[2][3] She published a second novel in 1895, entitledEscanaba, which however remains lost.[4]