Lucy Brewer (or Eliza Bowen, or Louisa Baker) is the pen name of a writer who purported to be the first woman in the United States Marines, serving aboard the USS Constitution. Brewer's adventures were probably written by Nathaniel Hill Wright (1787–1824) or Wright's publisher, Nathaniel Coverly.
Read more about Lucy Brewer: The Legend, Beyond The Legend
Famous quotes containing the word lucy:
“No mate, no comrade Lucy knew;
She dwelt on a wide moor,
MThe sweetest thing that ever grew
Beside a human door!”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)