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Central Park Statue of Dickon and Mary

1937: Central Park Dedication
"In The Garden"

1925: Final Book Published
Frances 1921

1924: Dead at 74
Steamship Travel

1914: Crossed the Atlantic for the 33rd Time

1911: Published The Secret Garden
A Little Princess & Sara Crew Books

1905: Published “A Little Princess”
Flag Postcard 1900's

1905: US Citizenship
Second Husband: Stephen Townsend

1900: Married Her Second Husband
Divorced Swan Burnett

1898: Divorced the Father of Her Children and Her Business Manager
Mourning Locket for son Lionel

1890: Son Lionel Dead at 16
Pictured here for a story in Men and Women of the Day, 1888

1888: Frances protects British Authors
Little Lord Fauntleroy: Birch illustration

1886: Published Little Lord Fauntleroy
That Lass O'Lowrie's

1877: Published Her First Book
Vivian Burnett

1876: My Great-Grandfather was born
Lionel Burnett

1874: Became a mother
Swan Burnett

1873: Married the Boy Next Door
Godey's Lady's Book

1868: First Story Published
Ballou's Monthly Magazine

1868: Submitted first story to an editor
Cabinet Print of Lillias Buist at her dame school in 1865, the type of school Frances attended.

1865: End of her formal education
Steamship

1865: Moved to US from England
This image is of a fashion plate dated 1863

1853: Began “telling stories”
Picture of the type of business Frances father would have sold his goods to.

1852: Father dies of a stroke
R is for Roses

1852: Received her First Book
View of Manchester 1850 by Lenz

1849: Born in England