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She was a prolific author, having written 57 books. Her books are held in a special author collection in the Andover Room. | She was a prolific author, having written 57 books. Her books are held in a special author collection in the Andover Room. | ||
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=790511&t=elizabeth%20phelps&tp=author&l=5&d=0&hc=17&rt=author&s=pubdate&sd=asc ''The Gates Ajar''] 1868 | *[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=790511&t=elizabeth%20phelps&tp=author&l=5&d=0&hc=17&rt=author&s=pubdate&sd=asc ''The Gates Ajar''] 1868 (A novel that presented a comforting view of the afterlife for Civil War widows.) | ||
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=591918&t=elizabeth%20phelps&tp=author&l=5&d=0&hc=17&rt=author&s=pubdate&sd=asc Hedged In] 1870 | |||
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=794423&t=elizabeth%20phelps&tp=author&l=5&d=0&hc=17&rt=author&s=pubdate&sd=asc The Silent Partner] 1871 | |||
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=794424&t=elizabeth%20phelps&tp=author&l=5&d=0&hc=17&rt=author&s=pubdate&sd=asc ''Sealed Orders''] 1879 Short stories many of them reprinted from Harper's Monthly. | |||
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=790510&t=elizabeth%20phelps&tp=author&l=5&d=0&hc=17&rt=author&s=pubdate&sd=asc ''Gates Ajar''] 1883 | |||
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=794422&t=elizabeth%20phelpsp=author&l=5&d=0&hc=17&rt=author&s=pubdate&sd=asc ''Old Maids and Burglars in Paradise''] 1885 | |||
Revision as of 16:31, 13 March 2012
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
- 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
--Eleanor 15:46, March 13, 2012 (EDT)
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