Minnie Mary Lee

Minnie Mary Lee was a pen name of Julia Amanda Sargent Wood (, Sargent; after marriage, Wood; April 13, 1825 – March 9, 1903), a 19th-century American sentimental author, of poems, stories, sketches and novels, who sometimes also wrote as Mrs. Julia A. A. Wood. She began writing very early in life, but did not publish in book form until she was in her forties. The Heart of Myrrha Lake, Or, Into the Light of Catholicity (New York, about 1871; 2nd edition, 1873); Hubert's Wife: a Story for You (Baltimore, 1875); The Brown House at Duffield: a Story of Life without and within the Fold (Baltimore, 1877); and The Story of Annette and her Five Dolls: Told to dear little Catholic Children (Baltimore, 1880) were her published works. A convert to Roman Catholicism, Wood's novels were on Catholic themes.

Early life and education Julia Amanda Sargent was born in New London, New Hampshire, April 13, 1825. Jeris Folk Cassel published a biography of her life in 1991.

Selected works

As Minnie Mary Lee The Heart of Myrrha Lake; or, Into the Light of Catholicity (New York, 1872) Hubert's Wife: a Story for You (Baltimore, 1875) The Brown House at Duffield: a Story of Life without and within the Fold (Baltimore, 1877) Strayed from the Fold : a story of life in the northwest, founded on facts (New York, 1878) The Story of Annette and her Five Dolls: Told to dear little Catholic Children (Baltimore, 1880)

As Mrs. Julia A. A. Wood Basil, Beatrice, Ethel, Or, Three-times-three, An Interesting Story of Real Life (1879) From Error to Truth (New York, 1890)