Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett was an American author, fiction writer, and playwright better remembered for her writings set along or around Maine's south edge. Jewett is regarded as a key figure in American literary regionalism. At the age of 19, Jewett wrote her first significant tale, 'Jenny Garrow's Lovers,' in the Atlantic Monthly in 1868, and her fame expanded throughout the 1870s and 1880s. For her early issues, Jewett adopted the pen name 'Alice Eliot' or 'A. C. Eliot.' Her creative significance stems from her meticulous, albeit quiet, vignettes of rural life, which reflect current concern in local color rather than narrative. Jewett has 'an extraordinary sensibility for discourse – I hear your folks,' as William Dean Howells put it. The book The Country of the Pointed Firs established Jewett's fame. A Country Doctor, a novel about her father and her childhood dreams of becoming a doctor, and A White Heron, a series of stories tales, are among her best works. Verses gathered some of Jewett's writing, and she also authored 3 kids' stories. Willa Cather recognized Jewett as having a big impact on her literary growth, and 'feminist critics have subsequently praised her work for its extensive portrayal of people's lives and opinions.' Cather devoted her 1913 book O Pioneers! to Jewett, which was inspired by her childhood recollections in Nebraska. Bowdoin College bestowed an advanced degree of literature on Jewett in 1901, making her the first female to receive an academic degree from the college.