Mary Wright Sewell Mary Wright Sewell Mary Wright Sewell (; 6 April 1797 – 10 June 1884) was an English poet and children's author. Though popular for writing juvenile bestsellers in her day, she is better known today as the mother of Anna Sewell, the author of "Black Beauty". Mary was born into the Quaker faith in 1797, and she married Isaac Sewell on the 15 June 1819 at Lamas in Norfolk. Her daughter Anna was born in 1820 and her son Philip two years later. Her husband Isaac had a number of ill-advised businesses and he declared himself bankrupt after his son
Alice Maud Sewell she had seven children. In 1912 she and Ethel Osborne co-founded the Lyceum Club, Melbourne. The club was modeled on the London Lyceum Club, with membership open to women with a university education. Sewell was also a member of the Country Women's Association, the Victoria League, and the Ormond Women's Association. She died on 16 February 1971 in Berwick. Alice Maud Sewell Lady Alice Maud Sewell (1881 - 1971) was the first woman to win the Wyselaskie scholarship in classical and comparative philology and logic. She was a co-founder of the Lyceum Club, Melbourne. Sewell née Cunning was born on