Andover Author - Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

Mary Gray Phelps was born on August 31, 1844. After her mother died Mary Gray took her mother's name: Elizabeth Stuart. She was educated in Andover at the Abbot Female Seminary. She championed the working class and worked to improved conditions for them.

She was a prolific author, having written 57 books. Her books are held in a special author collection in the Andover Room.

• The Gates Ajar 1868 (A novel that presented a comforting view of the afterlife for Civil War widows.)
• Hedged In 1870
• The Silent Partner 1871
• The Story of Avis 1877
• Sealed Orders 1879 Short stories many of them reprinted from Harper's Monthly.
• Gates Ajar 1883
• Old Maids and Burglars in Paradise 1885
• Madonna of the Tubs 1886
• Austin Phelps: A Memoir 1891 The biography of her father, a professor at Andover Theological Seminary
• Donald Marcy 1893
• Chapters from Life 1896 Her autobiography
• Singular Life 1897
• Men, Women, and Ghosts 1899

--Eleanor 15:46, March 13, 2012 (EDT)

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