Sherwood Bonner

Katherine Sherwood Bonner McDowell (February 26, 1849 – July 22, 1883) was an American author and feminist during America's Gilded Age. She is also known by her pen name, Sherwood Bonner.

Born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on February 26, 1849, into a wealthy family which fell into straitened but still genteel circumstances during the American Civil War, Bonner made the decision to leave her husband and child behind to pursue her literary aspirations. Provided by Wikipedia