Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814

LC control no.	n 50028341
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Otis, Mercy, 1728-1814
See also	Alternate identity: Columbian patriot, 1728-1814 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Birth date	1728-09
Death date	18141019
Profession or occupation	Authors Poets
Found in	The blockheads: or, The officers ... 1776. Observations on the new Constitution, and on the fœderal and state conventions, 1788: (a Columbian patriot) Wikipedia, March 27, 2015 (Mercy Otis Warren; September 14 or 25, 1728 in Barnstable, Mass.; died October 19, 1814 in Massachusetts; was a political writer and propagandist of the American Revolution. In the eighteenth century, topics such as politics and war were thought to be the province of men. During the years before the American Revolution, Warren published poems and plays that attacked royal authority in Massachusetts and urged colonists to resist British infringements on colonial rights and liberties. During the debate over the United States Constitution in 1788, she issued a pamphlet, Observations on the new Constitution, and on the Federal and State Conventions written under the pseudonym "A Columbian Patriot," that opposed ratification of the document and advocated the inclusion of a Bill of Rights. Observations was long thought to be the work of other writers, most notably Elbridge Gerry. It was not until her descendant, Charles Warren, found a reference to it in a 1787 letter to British historian, Catharine Macaulay, that Warren was accredited authorship. Mary Otis married James Warren on November 14, 1754. The SS Mercy Warren, a World War II Liberty ship launched in 1943, was named in her honor. In 2002, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York. Her great-great grandson, Charles Warren became a distinguished lawyer and historian.) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Otis_Warren>
Associated language	eng