Mind" also tells the story of an "old maid" who marries a deacon, only to resent his controlling and demanding ways. Cooke's details notably pay attention to the paperwork of marriage, noting how women lost their wealth and could be left penniless or helpless at the hands of uncaring husbands. Selected works An Easter voice Miss Lucinda The betraying hand, 1860? What women should be thankful for : manuscript, [not before 1865]. My Christmas gift : what shall I render unto the Lord?, 187? Happy Dodd, or, "She hath done what she could", 1878 A lay preacher, 1884 The two villages, 1885 No! & where to say it : a temperance story, 1887 The old garden, 1888 Steadfast : the story of a saint and sinner., 1889 A fairy at school, 1893 Little foxes, 1904 The deacon's week, 1912 References Attribution Bibliography Further reading Kennedy, G. A. (2010). Sallathiel Bump and other folks: A reader's companion to the writings of Rose Terry Cooke : with the edited text of four short stories never reprinted "Knoware", "A Woman", "The West Shetucket Railroad", and "The Widow Case". Fort Collins, CO External links Rose Terry Cooke at Washington State University website listing her works on the web, bibliography, and other links 1827 births 1892 deaths 19th-century American poets 19th-century American women writers 19th-century American short story writers American women short story writers People from West Hartford, Connecticut American women poets Pseudonymous women writers Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Woman of the Century 19th-century pseudonymous writers