Grace Goulder Izant
Grace Goulder Izant | |
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States | |
Died | November 17, 1984 , Ohio, United States | (aged 91)
Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist |
Years active | 1919-1984 |
Known for | Ohio history, biography of John D. Rockefeller |
Grace Goulder Izant (1893–1984) was an Ohio writer and historian who wrote for the Plain Dealer Magazine and published several books on Ohio history. She was the first Ohioan ever honored by the American Association for State and Local History, which recognized her work in 1962. She won the Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature in 1965 and was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame in 1982.
Biography
Grace Goulder was born on March 27, 1893, in
In 1937, for the centennial of Hudson's village incorporation Goulder-Izant wrote an article which was purchased by the Plain Dealer, and resumed her career.[2] The article was the first of what would become a regular weekly Sunday column "Ohio Scenes and Citizens", which featuring themes on Ohio history, people and places. The column ran in the Sunday Magazine until 1969.[1] She and her husband traveled the backwoods of Ohio collecting materials for the stories, which she often photographed.[6] Her articles won many awards and honors, including recognition in 1949 from[clarification needed] the Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society and the Ohio Sesquicentennial Committee in 1953. That same year, she published her first book[5] This Is Ohio, which contained brief sketches of each of the 88 counties in the state, its famous residents, and its folklore.[7]
In 1962, Goulder-Izant became the first Ohioan ever recognized by the
Goulder-Izant died on November 17, 1984, in Akron, Ohio.[10] Shortly after her death, Kent State University Press published her final work, Hudson's Heritage: A Chronicle of the Founding and the Flowering of the Village of Hudson, Ohio, which used biographical sketches to relay the history of the village where Goulder-Izant had lived for 60 years.[5]
Legacy
In her quest to write the stories behind the history of Ohio, Goulder-Izant collected and preserved many documents important to the history of the state. Besides collecting documents on buildings and monuments, she collected the papers of David Hudson and John Brown.[11] She served as a trustee of the Western Reserve Historical Society,[1] receiving the Ohio Governor's Award for her preservation work. She was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame[11] in 1982.
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History 1997.
- ^ a b Vince & Izant 2001, p. vii.
- ^ The Tennessean 1918, p. 6.
- ^ The Salina Daily Union 1919, p. 7.
- ^ a b c d e f Dooley 2008.
- ^ Vince & Izant 2001, pp. vii–viii.
- ^ Kirkus Reviews 1953.
- ^ Kirkus Reviews 1964.
- ^ Rose 2006, p. 2.
- ^ Northwest Arkansas Times 1984, p. 20.
- ^ a b Ohio Women's Hall of Fame 1982.
Sources
- Dooley, Dennis (November 21, 2008). "Grace Goulder, Author, 1893–1984". Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Arts Prize. Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- Rose, Kenneth W. (April 22, 2006). John D. Rockefeller Jr. and the Forest Hill Housing Development in Cleveland, Ohio (PDF) (Speech). Past, Present, Future lecture series at the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. Sleepy Hollow, New York: Rockefeller Archive Center. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- Vince, Thomas L.; Izant, Grace Goulder (2001). "Preface". Hudson's Heritage: A Chronicle of the Founding and the Flowering of the Village of Hudson, Ohio. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87338-719-4.
- "Goulder-Izant, Grace". Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, Ohio: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. July 16, 1997. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- "Grace Gouler (sic)Izant". Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Women's Hall of Fame. 1982. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- "Ohio Historian Dies at 91".
- "Ohio Scenes and Citizens". Kirkus Reviews. New York, New York. May 12, 1964. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- "This is Ohio". Kirkus Reviews. New York, New York. April 20, 1953. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- "Women War Workers Meeting at Atlanta".
- "Y.W.C.A. Workers Live in Prison Cell". Salina, Kansas: The Salina Daily Union. May 29, 1919. Retrieved April 8, 2016 – via