In reponse to one part of Kevin Mac Donnell's questions regarding
_Facts By a Woman_ -- there appears to have been some later
research done on her and her book.  WorldCat lists the following
entry:

AUTHOR: ÊWasson, Harriet, b. 1842. 
TITLE: ÊFacts by a woman : written 1877 by Harriet Wasson, born Sept. 15,
1842, Wooster, Ohio (daughter of John M.  Wasson, 1802-1883) 
PLACE: ÊWest Milton, Ohio : 
PUBLISHER: ÊA.M. Schumann, 
YEAR: Ê1996 
PUB TYPE: ÊBook 
FORMAT: Ê1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps, ports. ; 29 cm. 
NOTES: Ê"A biography and book review done in 1973"--P. [2] Facts by a
woman originally published: Oakland, Calif. :Pacific Press Publishing
House, 1881. 356 p. photocopied two pages to one, with some slight error
in sequence. "Reprinted [photocopied] and added to by Arthur M. Schumann."
pt. 1. A biography and book review / by Arthur M. Schumann -- pt. 2. Facts
by a woman / by Harriet Wasson. 
SUBJECT: ÊWasson, Harriet, -- b. 1842. Oakland (Calif.) 
OTHER: ÊSchumann, Arthur M.