Maria Edgeworth

** "Maria Edgeworth" by Helen Zimmern is a look into the life of Maria Edgeworth, a writer famous for her books for kids and her thoughts on society, written in the late 1800s. The story shares about her family history and how her family affected her early years, which helped her become a great writer. It talks about her Irish background and how her father, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, had new ideas about education that helped Maria grow her mind and imagination. It uses stories and letters to tell about her childhood, her playful personality, and the strong values her family taught her. These values pushed her to write and care about teaching and helping society, which shows in the things she wrote later in life. **