Mary E. Bradley Lane

Mary E. Bradley Lane
BornJuly 3, 1844
St. Mary's, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJanuary 6, 1930
Hamilton County, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation(s)Writer, educator

Mary E. Bradley Lane (July 3, 1844, St Mary's, Ohio – January 6, 1930, Hamilton County, Ohio) was an American feminist science fiction teacher and author. She was one of the first women to have published a science fiction novel in the United States.[1]

Lane's novel, Mizora: A Prophecy, was first published in 1880 as a serial in a Cincinnati newspaper, and has remained remarkable for the radicalism of the feminist utopia presented, against 19th century societal norms.[2][3] She published a second novel in 1895, entitled Escanaba, which however remains lost.[4]

Works

  • Mizora, Syracuse University Press; New edition (May 1, 2000) ISBN 9780815628392
  • Escanaba

References

  1. ^ "SFE: Lane, Mary E Bradley". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  2. ^ "Have sperm will travel. But what would an all-female planet look like? | Stephanie Merritt". the Guardian. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  3. ^ Jacobs, Naomi (2001). "Review of Mizora: A Prophecy". Utopian Studies. 12 (1): 210–212. ISSN 1045-991X.
  4. ^ Pfaelzer, Jean (1984). The utopian novel in America, 1886-1896 : the politics of form. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-3811-1. OCLC 10696472.