The New International Encyclopædia/Botta, Anne Charlotte Lynch

BOT'TA, (1820-91). An American author; born in Bennington, Vt. In 1855 she married Prof. Vincenzo Botta (q.v.). She published a book of poems (1848), besides many essays and reviews, promoted the establishment of ../Barnard College/ (q.v.), and founded the prize awarded every five years by the French Academy for the best essay on &ldquo;The Condition of Women.&rdquo; Her Handbook of Universal Literature (1860) was formerly widely used as a text-book.