Eliza Orne White

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Eliza Orne White
BornAugust 2, 1856
Keene, New Hampshire, U.S.
DiedJanuary 23, 1947 (1947-01-24) (aged 90)
Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Burial placeWalnut Hills Cemetery
Occupations
  • Writer
  • novelist
RelativesChester Harding (grandfather)
PennameAlex

Eliza Orne White (August 2, 1856 โ€“ January 23, 1947) was an American writer. She published 41 books, including 29 books for children.

Early life and education

Eliza Orne White was born on August 2, 1856 in

Roxbury, Massachusetts, for a year.[4]

Career

White started publishing children's stories at the age of 18. She published in

The Christian Register and other magazines using the penname "Alex". Her 1888 social comedy, "A Browning Courtship", was published in The Atlantic.[4]

White's first children's book, When Molly Was Six, was published in 1894. In 1890 she published Miss Brooks, her first book that was written for an adult audience.[5]

White wrote 49 books over the course of her career, with 29 books directed to a young audience.[2]

White also edited a book on her father.[6]

Personal life

For the last thirty years of her life, starting around 1915,[5] White was blind and mostly deaf.[2] She died on January 23, 1947, in Brookline, Massachusetts.[1]

Selected publications

  • White, Eliza Orne (1935). Ann Frances. Houghton Mifflin.
    OCLC 11037336.[7]
  • White, Eliza Orne (1934). Lending Mary. Houghton Mifflin Co.
    OCLC 763899749.[8]
  • White, Eliza Orne (1941). "I, the autobiography of a cat | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved March 6, 2023.[9]
  • White, Eliza (1944). When Esther was a Little Girl. by Eliza Orne White: Good (1944) | World of Rare Books.

References

  1. ^ a b "Eliza Orne White | Artist". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  2. ^
    Horn Book
    : 88โ€“102.
  3. ^ Miller, Bertha Mahony (April 1955). The Horn Book Magazine. Internet Archive. Boston : Horn Book. pp. 89โ€“102.
  4. ^
    ISBN 9780826406033
    .
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-0-674-62734-5
    .
  6. ISBN 978-1-117-28103-2
    .
  7. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  8. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  9. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved March 6, 2023.
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