Anna Blackwell

Anna Blackwell (pseudonym, Fidelitas; 21 June 1816 – 4 January 1900) was a British writer, journalist, and translator who focused on spiritual and social issues. She had a long and successful career as Parisian correspondent of leading colonial papers. She also wrote poetry, fairy tales, and essays on occult subjects. As a teacher and journalist, she exercised a wide influence in the U.S. and in France.

Early life and education Anna Blackwell was born at Bristol on 21 June 1816. Her parents were Samuel Blackwell and Hannah (Lane) Blackwell. Her brother, Henry, was an American advocate for social and economic reform who co-founded the Republican Party and the American Woman Suffrage Association. Her brother, Samuel, was an abolitionist. There were two other brothers, John and George. Of the sisters, Elizabeth was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, while Emily was the third. Sarah was an artist. Their sister-in-law, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, was the first woman to be ordained as a mainstream Protestant minister in the United States.

Governesses provided her education.

Career In 1832, she removed to the United States with her family. Between 1838 and 1842, Blackwell and two of her sisters ran a school in Cincinnati.

Selected works Books Philosophy of Existence, 1871 The Perfect Way or the Finding of Christ, 1882 Poems, 1883 Whence and Whither? Or, Correlation between Philosophic Convictions and Social Forms., 1898

Translations The Spirits' Book, by Allan Kardec The Medium's Book, by Allan Kardec Heaven and Hell, by Allan Kardec Jacques, George Sand The Little Gypsy, Elie Sauvage

Essays "The Probable Effect of Spiritism Upon the Social, Moral, and Religious Condition of Society" "The Church of the Future"

Pamphlets "Spiritualism and Spiritism"