Davis, Mrs. Rebecca Blaine Harding

Mrs. Rebecca Blaine Harding (1831-), an American story writer. She was born in Washington, Pennsylvania. She was the first American writer to make use of the labor question in fiction. Her novels include Life in the Iron Mills-A Story of Today, published later as Margaret Howth, A Law unto Herself, Waiting for the Verdict, and others. Mrs. Davis has written many short stories which have been more widely read than her novels. Her style is simple and direct, and the tone of her stories invariably wholesome.