Phoebe Hinsdale Brown
Phoebe Hinsdale Brown was one of the first notable American woman hymnwriters, and the first American woman to write a hymn of wide popularity, "I love to steal awhile away". Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter (d. 1861)
1 May 1783
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