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Anne Bradstreet’s Life

Anne Bradstreet, née Dudley, was the first female writer and poet in the British North American colonies who succeeded in getting her works published.

Born on March 20, 1612 in Northampton in England, Anne was brought up in a civilized household.

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This was due to the position of her father, Thomas Dudley, who was working as a steward for the Earl of Lincoln. Beginning in childhood,Anne was educated in history, literature, and several foreign languages.

Following her marriage to Simon Bradstreet at the age of sixteen, she changed her name to Anne Bradstreet.

In 1630, the couple moved to America with the Puritan emigrants. They reached what was later known as Salem, Massachusetts, on June 14, 1630.

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Starvation and illness forced the settlers to move to the south of Massachusetts. The Bradstreet family shortly moved again to what is now Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The couple had eight children. Anne had a good social standing in the new colony due