I just read the first known utopian novel by an American woman:
"Three hundred years hence"
by Mary Griffith (1772-1846), published 1836
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/griffith/hence/hence.html
I enjoy speculative and historical fiction - and this is both in one!  Her story reveals a lot about life, views, and values of an American woman 174 ( Read more... )