Maria Susanna Cooper
Maria Susanna Cooper | |
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| Born | Maria Susanna Bransby 20 August 1737 Shotesham, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 3 July 1807 (aged 69) Dursley, Gloucestershire, England |
| Pen name | "A lady"; "the authoress of" |
| Occupation | novelist; poet |
| Years active | c. 1750—1784 |
| Notable work | The Exemplary Mother (1769) |
| Spouse | Samuel Cooper |
| Children | Robert Bransby Cooper (son); Astley Cooper (son) |
| Relatives | Bransby Blake Cooper (grandchild) |
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Maria Susanna Cooper (née Bransby, 1737–1807) was an English novelist, children's author, and poet, best known for her epistolary novels. Her writing, didactic and conservative, focused on appropriate roles for daughters, wives, and mothers.