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'''Abbie Farwell Brown''' (August 21, 1871-March 5, 1927)<ref name="AWW">{{cite encyclopedia | title=Abbie Farwell Brown | encyclopedia=American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present | publisher=Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. | author=Moe, Phyllis | editor=Mainiero, Lina | year=1979 | volume=1 | location=New York | pages=247-49}}</ref> <ref name="NAW">{{cite book|author1=Edward T. James|author2=Janet Wilson James|author3=Paul S. Boyer|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&pg=PA247|accessdate=2 March 2013|year=1971|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-62734-5|pages=247–49}}</ref> was an American author. |
'''Abbie Farwell Brown''' (August 21, 1871-March 5, 1927)<ref name="AWW">{{cite encyclopedia | title=Abbie Farwell Brown | encyclopedia=American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present | publisher=Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. | author=Moe, Phyllis | editor=Mainiero, Lina | year=1979 | volume=1 | location=New York | pages=247-49}}</ref> <ref name="NAW">{{cite book|author1=Edward T. James|author2=Janet Wilson James|author3=Paul S. Boyer|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&pg=PA247|accessdate=2 March 2013|year=1971|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-62734-5|pages=247–49}}</ref> was an American author. |
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Brown was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], the first of two daughters of Benjamin F. Brown, a descendant of [[Isaac Allerton]], and Clara Neal Brown, who contributed to ''[[The Youth's Companion]]. |
Brown was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], the first of two daughters of Benjamin F. Brown, a descendant of [[Isaac Allerton]], and Clara Neal Brown, who contributed to ''[[The Youth's Companion]]. Her sister Ethel became an author and illustrator under the name Ann Underhill. Her family, for ten generations, had only resided in [[New England]], and Brown herself spent her entire life in her family's [[Beacon Hill home]].<ref name="NAW"/> |
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| ⚫ | Brown was [[valedictorian]] of the [[Bowdoin School]] in 1886.<ref name="NAW"/><ref>{{cite book | url=http://archive.org/stream/historyofbowdoin1912nich | title=History of the Bowdoin School, 1821-1907 | publisher=Ruemely Press | author=Nichols-Wellington, Leah L. | year=1912 | location=Manchester, New Hampshire | pages=147}}</ref> She then attended the [[Girls' Latin School]], where she was friends with [[Josephine Preston Peabody]]. She was the driving force behind the newly created school newspaper, ''The Jabberwock'', named by Brown after [[Jabberwocky|the poem]] by [[Lewis Carroll]]. They wrote to Carroll for permission to use the name and Carroll wrote back, wishing them "all success to the forthcoming magazine".<ref name="HarrisGarvey2004">{{cite book|author1=Sharon M. Harris|author2=Ellen Gruber Garvey|title=Blue Pencils and Hidden Hands|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Cjv3fzp4scQC&pg=PA3|accessdate=3 March 2013|year=2004|publisher=UPNE|isbn=978-1-55553-613-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://blagls.org/main/page/history/C19/ | title=The History of the Jabberwock - Established February 1888 | publisher=Girls' Latin School and Boston Latin Academy Alumni Association | date=2010 | accessdate=March 03, 2013}}</ref> |
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Her sister Ethel became an author and illustrator under the name Ann Underhill. |
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| ⚫ | Brown was [[valedictorian]] of the [[Bowdoin School]] in 1886.<ref name="NAW"/><ref>{{cite book | url=http://archive.org/stream/historyofbowdoin1912nich | title=History of the Bowdoin School, 1821-1907 | publisher=Ruemely Press | author=Nichols-Wellington, Leah L. | year=1912 | location=Manchester, New Hampshire | pages=147}}</ref> She then attended the [[Girls' Latin School]], where she was friends with [[Josephine Preston Peabody]]. She was the driving force behind the newly created school newspaper, ''The Jabberwock'', named by Brown after [[Jabberwocky|the poem]] by [[Lewis Carroll]]. They wrote to Carroll for permission to use the name and Carroll wrote back, wishing them "all success to the forthcoming magazine".<ref name="HarrisGarvey2004">{{cite book|author1=Sharon M. Harris|author2=Ellen Gruber Garvey|title=Blue Pencils and Hidden Hands|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Cjv3fzp4scQC&pg=PA3|accessdate=3 March 2013|year=2004|publisher=UPNE|isbn=978-1-55553-613-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://blagls.org/main/page/history/C19/ | title=The History of the Jabberwock - Established February 1888 | publisher=Girls' Latin School and Boston Latin Academy Alumni Association | date=2010 | accessdate=March 03, 2013}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 20:44, 3 March 2013
Abbie Farwell Brown (August 21, 1871-March 5, 1927)[1] [2] was an American author.
Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the first of two daughters of Benjamin F. Brown, a descendant of Isaac Allerton, and Clara Neal Brown, who contributed to The Youth's Companion. Her sister Ethel became an author and illustrator under the name Ann Underhill. Her family, for ten generations, had only resided in New England, and Brown herself spent her entire life in her family's Beacon Hill home.[2]
Brown was valedictorian of the Bowdoin School in 1886.[2][3] She then attended the Girls' Latin School, where she was friends with Josephine Preston Peabody. She was the driving force behind the newly created school newspaper, The Jabberwock, named by Brown after the poem by Lewis Carroll. They wrote to Carroll for permission to use the name and Carroll wrote back, wishing them "all success to the forthcoming magazine".[4][5]
References
- ^ Moe, Phyllis (1979). "Abbie Farwell Brown". In Mainiero, Lina (ed.). American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present. Vol. 1. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. pp. 247–49.
- ^ a b c Edward T. James; Janet Wilson James; Paul S. Boyer (1971). Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Harvard University Press. pp. 247–49. ISBN 978-0-674-62734-5. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ Nichols-Wellington, Leah L. (1912). History of the Bowdoin School, 1821-1907. Manchester, New Hampshire: Ruemely Press. p. 147.
- ^ Sharon M. Harris; Ellen Gruber Garvey (2004). Blue Pencils and Hidden Hands. UPNE. ISBN 978-1-55553-613-8. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ "The History of the Jabberwock - Established February 1888". Girls' Latin School and Boston Latin Academy Alumni Association. 2010. Retrieved March 03, 2013.
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