Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Bradstreet's brother-in-law John Woodbridge sent the manuscript of The Tenth Muse to publishers in London without her knowledge. (Source.)
In addition to writing poetry, Bradstreet had eight children in ten years (woah). (Source.)
We still don't know for sure where Bradstreet was buried—her gravestone wasn't put up until 2000, more than 300 years after she died. (Source.)
Bradstreet's earliest surviving poem was written when she was just 19. (What have you been doing lately?) (Source.)