Florence Finch Kelly

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Illustrated by Edwin John Prittie

Beschreibung

Florence Finch Kelly (March 27, 1858 - December 17, 1939) was an American feminist, suffragist, journalist, and author of novels and short stories. her father was a farmer in Illinois and Kansas, where the family moved by covered wagon. Charles Sumner Finch, one of her brothers, became a newspaper publisher in Kansas. She married in Boston the newspaper publisher Allen P. Kelly on 9 December 1884; they had a son, Morton, who died in childhood and another son, Sherwin Kelly, who became a noted geophysicist.

Autor

Florence Finch Kelly was an American feminist, suffragist, journalist, and author known for her work in novels, short stories, and articles. Born in Girard, Illinois, on March 27, 1858, she was the youngest of eight children in a family that moved by covered wagon from Illinois to Kansas. Her father, James Gardner Finch, was a farmer, and one of her brothers, Charles Sumner Finch, became a newspaper publisher. Kelly attended the University of Kansas, earning both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree. She married newspaper publisher Allen P. Kelly in 1884 and had two sons, one of whom died in childhood. In her career, Kelly contributed articles to several periodicals, including the Boston Globe and Liberty. She also worked as a book reviewer for the New York Times from 1906 to the mid-1930s. Known for her interest in social and economic reforms, she traveled to New Zealand and Australia to study their economic policies and wrote extensively on those subjects. Kelly published seven novels and numerous short stories. She passed away in 1939 in New Hartford, Connecticut.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blurb, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9780464537144
• ISBN-10: 0464537142
• Artikelnr.: 58342830