Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Anna Laetitia Barbauld was an English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and influential writer for children. Her early success came with Poems (1773), and she later helped run Palgrave Academy, where her educational writing—including Lessons for Children—reshaped literature for young readers. She also edited major literary collections and wrote politically engaged poetry and prose, including Eighteen Hundred and Eleven.