Mary Hayden Pike

Mary Hayden Pike (née Green) (30 November 1824 – 15 January 1908) was an American author born in Eastport, Maine to Elijah Dix Green and Hannah Caflin Hayden.

She was educated in Calais, Maine, and acquired religious convictions at age twelve, when she went through baptism in an icy stream. She graduated from the Charlestown Female Seminary (Massachusetts) in 1843. In 1846 she married Frederick A. Pike, who was later elected to the 37th United States Congress.

Works
  • Ida May: a Story of Things Actual and Possible 1854 (Written under the pseudonym Mary Langdon),
  • Caste: A Story of Republican Equality 1856 (Written under the pseudonym Sydney A. Story, Jr.)
  • Agnes 1858.

See Also

References
  • "Pike, Mary Hayden (Green)." American Authors 1600 – 1900. H. W. Wilson Company, NY 1938.
  • Mary Hayden Pike's works Accessed December 10, 2007


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