Susanne Rowson

You move from England to Boston with your father, a tax collector for the British Navy who remains loyal to the King. You are shipwrecked on the journey, but rescued two days later. As the Revolution begins, your family is put under house arrest by the Patriots because of your father's position. Later you are forced to leave and your family’s property is confiscated. After time in England, you return to America as an actress, novelist and playwright, before opening a girls'
school in Boston.