Susanna Rowson

Susanna Haswell Rowson
Born	Susanna Haswell 1762 (1762) Portsmouth, England
Died	2 March 1824(1824-03-02) (aged 61–62) Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Resting place	Graupner Family Vault, St. Matthew's Church, South Boston, Massachusetts, United States Moved in 1866 to Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston
Pen name	Susanna Rowson
Occupation	Novelist poet playwright religious writer governess stage actress educator
Notable works	Charlotte Temple
Spouse	William Rowson
Relatives	Robert Haswell (brother) James Gabriel Montresor (uncle) John Montresor (cousin) Anthony Haswell (cousin)

Susanna Rowson, née Haswell (1762 – 2 March 1824), was an American novelist, poet, playwright, religious writer, stage actress, and educator. She was the first woman geographer and an early supporter of female education. She also wrote against slavery. Rowson was the author of the 1791 novel Charlotte Temple, the most popular best-seller in American literature until Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published serially in 1851–1852, and authored the first human geography textbook Rowson's Abridgement of Universal Geography in 1805.