JOHANNA AMBROSIUS
\d͡ʒə͡ʊhˈanəɹ ambɹˈə͡ʊsɪəs], \dʒəʊhˈanəɹ ambɹˈəʊsɪəs], \dʒ_əʊ_h_ˈa_n_ə_ɹ a_m_b_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ__ə_s]\
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A German poet and story writer; born at Lengwethen, East Prussia, Aug. 3, 1854. Daughter of an artisan, and married in 1874 to a peasant's son by the name of Voigt, she led the hard life of a peasant woman till in middle age she wrote verses, which were published in a weekly newspaper; their success led to the publication of other poems and stories of hers, which have had extremely wide circulation.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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