Sweet Cicely - or Josiah Allen as a Politician

Marietta Holley (1836–1926), an American humorist who often wrote under the pen name 'Josiah Allen's Wife,' used satire and humor to address social and feminist issues of her time. Comparable to Mark Twain, her writing style often incorporated dialect and rural settings to critique society (McAleer, 1992). Her works remained popular into the early 20th century, reflective of her wit and the signif...