Sarah Ewing Hall

Sarah Ewing Hall (October 30, 1761 – April 8, 1830)[1] was an American educator, poet, and essayist of Christian literature. Born in Philadelphia, her father was the Reverend John Ewing, Provost of the University of Pennsylvania and Hannah (Sergeant) Ewing.[1] Conversations on the Bible was her most notable work.[2][3] She married John Hall in 1782 and they had eleven children.[3][4] She died in Philadelphia in 1830 and was buried in the Third Presbyterian Church burial ground.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dictionary of American Biography". Biography in Context. Gale. 1936. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ Read, Thomas Buchanan (1855). The Female Poets of America: With Portraits, Biographical Notices, and Specimens of Their Writings (Public domain ed.). E.H. Butler. pp. 11–.
  3. 1 2 Taylor, Marion Ann; Weir, Heather E. (2006). Let Her Speak for Herself: Nineteenth-century Women Writing on the Women of Genesis. Baylor University Press. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-1-932792-53-9.
  4. ↑ Groot, Christiana De; Taylor, Marion Ann (2007). Recovering Nineteenth-century Women Interpreters of the Bible. Society of Biblical Lit. pp. 46–. ISBN 978-1-58983-220-6.


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