George Eliot George Eliot Mary Anne Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Ann or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels, including "Adam Bede" (1859), "The Mill on the Floss" (1860), "Silas Marner" (1861), "Romola" (1862–63), "Middlemarch" (1871–72), and "Daniel Deronda" (1876), most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. Although female authors were published under their own names during her lifetime, she wanted to escape the stereotype
Mary Ann Delafield DuBois Mary Ann Delafield DuBois Mary Ann Delafield DuBois (November 6, 1813 — October 27, 1888) was an American sculptor and philanthropist. In 1854 she was co-founder of New York's Nursery and Child's Hospital, and was the hospital's director. Mary Ann Delafield was born in London, the daughter of an American father, John Delafield, and his English wife, Mary Roberts Delafield. Her father, a banker, was in England during the War of 1812, and Mary Ann moved to New York City after her mother died in 1819. She attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1825. During the Panic of 1837, DuBois