Writer Archives - Page 49 of 242

Ethel Hassell

Australian anthropologist

Nannie Power O’Donoghue

Irish journalist, equestrian and writer

Helen Waddell

Irish scholar, translator, and author

Edith Coleman

Edith Coleman was a naturalist who wrote prolifically on a wide range of animals and published in both scientific journals and the popular press.

Hannah Davis Richards, born in 1804, taught at the Baker Street School, the first schoolhouse in West Roxbury, Boston. Hannah’s diary provides valuable insights into life in early 19th-century West Roxbury and is an important historical source.

Harriette Newell Woods Baker

The mother of five sons, Harriette wrote dozens of books for children. Her most successful work was Tim, The Scissors-Grinder, which was published in 1861, sold half a million copies, and was translated into a number of languages.