Jane McDowell, daughter of a Pittsburgh physician, married fledgling composer Stephen Foster on July 22, 1850. He was 24; she was 20. An attractive young woman with auburn hair, Jane had ...

Stephen Foster and his brother Morrison help battle ... given the per-sheet price of twenty-five cents. The Compromise of 1850 settles the slavery question for newly acquired U.

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[STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER] (20s-30s / MALE / BARITONE ... AS A YOUNG WOMAN OF MARRYING AGE IN THE 1850S, JANE'S PRACTICAL NATURE AND THE SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS PUSHED ON HER BY HER MOTHER ARE ...