Mary Ann Dawes Blackett (fl. 1786-1791) was an English author of two collections of poetry and one book of conduct literature. Her Suicide; a poem (1789) addressed what was considered by foreigners and English alike to be a pressing national problem.Bartel, Roland. "Suicide in Eighteenth-Century England: The Myth of a Reputation." Huntington Library Quarterly Vol. 23, No. 2 (Feb., 1960), pp. 145-158 (14 pages) Accessed 26 August 2022.
