Hobomok Lydia Maria Child Analysis

The author of the novel Hobomok, Lydia Maria Child, was ahead of her time, and full of abolitionist and feminist views opinions in the 19th Century. Child was born in 1802 in Medford, Massachusetts into an abolitionist family and was highly influenced by her older brother, an Unitarian clergyman and professor at Harvard University. Child later in her life wrote her first published piece, The Frugal Housewife in 1829, an instruction manual and advice book for stay at home wives and mothers who wanted to know more about money and the economy. She also wrote An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans in 1833, which talked about the inequality of education and employment for African Americans, and she was later ostracized for doing so. Along with working with and for African Americans, she also wrote in support of Native Americans some of her works include, Hobomok (1824) and An Appeal for the Indians (1868). And in the midst of all of her advocacy for those with marginalized voices, Child was a woman writer in the male dominated 19th Century world, where women were encouraged to celebrate their role as homemakers and caretakers of the children and were told not to work and weren’t allowed to have higher education, have control over property, or vote. After Hobomok was published in 1824, the women’s right movement was …show more content…
Mary had a place in the hierarchy and Hobomok had a place in the hierarchy however their relationship did not have a place in that hierarchy. They play on each other 's obstacles in their relationship, due to Mary’s gender, Hobomok is able to make decisions for her. Due to Hobomok’s race, he isn’t allowed to return back to his tribe and Mary is able to return back to her own family. Between the two of them there is a constant battle between who is higher up in