About
Wife of Robert Louis Stevenson who supported and inspired his work.
Before Fame
She was married to a cheating husband in California when Stevenson, after three years of saving up for a trip to see her, proposed to her.
Trivia
20 years after her husband died she traveled the world with a male admirer.
Family Life
Her husband, Robert Louis Stevenson, wrote some of his best works while waiting for her to respond to his proposal.
Associated With
Like Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, she inspired her husband's most beloved works.
