Last summer’s exhibition at The Old Jail Museum in Wiscasset featuring Madam Sally Wood, Maine’s first woman novelist and an early-19th century resident of Wiscasset, along with over 30 other Lincoln County women writers was so warmly received.
For Women s History Month, it is timely to mention Maine’s first novelist, Madam Sarah Sayward Barrell Keating Wood (1759-1855). Madam Wood, as she was later known, observed the conventions of
Madam Sally Wood (1759-1855), considered Maine's first woman novelist, was actually writing novels even before Maine became a state.Wood published her first novel in 1800 under the pseudonym "A Lady of Massachusetts.” After Maine became a state in.
Lincoln County Historical Association plans to offer two upcoming opportunities to learn more about Madam Wood online July 6 and in person July 10. Madam