Frances Elizabeth Barrow (née, Mease; pen name, Aunt Fanny; February 22, 1822 – May 7, 1894)[1] was a 19th-century American children's writer.
[2] Frances (nickname, "Frankie Blue"[3]) Elizabeth Mease was born in Charleston, South Carolina, February 22, 1822.
[7] Barrow's sister, Alexina Black Mease married Richard Grant White in 1850.
[8] Barrow's nom de plume of "Aunt Fanny",[5] first appeared in 1855, when she began to write books for children.
They included Six Night Caps, Aunt Fanny's Story Book, Four Little Hearts, and Take Heed.