Anna Barbauld was born on June 20th, 1723 in Leicestershire. Anna's younger brother pushed her to write and publish her work. She was married in 1774 to Rochemont Barbauld and opened a boarding school in 1785. Her work involved the experiences she had with the children at their borading school. By 1790 her work shifted to things she was most pasionate about, political and social concerns. She was strongly agreed with the abolition of slavery. Her husband soon became mentally ill and took his own life by drowning himself. After this happened, Anna wrote about her loss in Dirge. Her last independently published works criticized the war between Britian and France that was still happening. She passed away in 1825. Her niece published two collections of her work after her death. 

Bibliography

Anna Lætitia Aikin Barbauld. (n.d.). Retrieved September 08, 2020, from http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women//barbauld/biography.html