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Lydia Cope Wood, daughter of William Morris and Eliza Cooper Cope Collins, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1845, and was also educated there in private school. She married John Bacon Wood on May 8, 1867, and they had four children: Ellen Collins, Horatio Curtis, Arthur Morris, and Edward Cope. Lydia Cope Wood's interests included religious work, social philanthropic endeavors, woman suffrage, and outdoor recreation, and she was also a member of the Orthodox Friends. In her literary career, she contributed short stories to several papers and authored For a Free Conscience, The Haydocks, Testimony, and A Missionary Penny.

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