Esther Saville Allen
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| Born | Esther Saville December 11, 1837 Honeoye, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 11, 1913 (aged 75) |
| Resting place | Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Pen name | Winnie Woodbine, Etta Saville, Mrs. S. R. Allen |
| Nickname | Etta |
| Occupation | author |
| Language | English |
| Spouse | Samuel R. Allen (m. 1859) |
Esther Saville Allen (née, Saville; pen names, Winnie Woodbine, Etta Saville, Mrs. S. R. Allen; December 11, 1837 - July 17, 1913) was a 19th-century American author. In her day, Allen was probably the author of more works, both in prose and verse, than any other woman in Arkansas.[1] She died in 1913.
Biography[]
Esther (nickname, "Etta") Saville was born in Honeoye, New York on December 11, 1837. Her parents were Joseph and Esther Redfern Saville, both from England. Her father contributed to British journals of his time. Before Esther Saville was ten years old, she made her first public effort in a poem, which was published. At the age of 12 years, she wrote for Morris and Willis a poem which they published in the "Home Journal." While studying in Western New York and Rushford, New York, she wrote and published many poems under the pen-name, "Winnie Woodbine."[1]
She became a teacher in the public schools of western New York and continued to write for eastern papers, assuming her proper name, "Etta Saville." She moved to Illinois in 1857 and she taught in public schools there until she married in 1859. After her marriage to Samuel R. Allen, a lawyer in Erie, Illinois, all her literary productions appeared under the name of "Mrs. S. R. Allen." In 1872, she removed to Little Rock, Arkansas. Much of her work has been widely copied and recopied. Devoted to charity, organized and practical, her writings in that cause promoted the institution and development of useful work, or revived and reinvigorated it.[1] Annual Encampment, Department of Arkansas, Grand Army of the Republic
She died July 17, 1913, and is buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, in
Little Rock, Arkansas.[2]
Selected works[]
References[]
- ^ a b c Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 19-20.
- ^ "Esther Saville Allen (1838 - 1913) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ Gilbert, Helen Josephine White (1910). "GREAT CELEBRATIONS. THE HOME COMING.". Rushford and Rushford People. H.J.W. Gilbert. p. 498. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Godey, Louis Antoine; Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell (1876). "THE FRENCH SCHOOL. BY WINNIE WOODBINE.". Godey's Magazine. Godey Company. p. 550. Retrieved 22 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the Bibliography[]
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. p. 19.
External links[]
Works related to Woman of the Century/Esther Saville Allen at Wikisource- Works by or about Esther Saville Allen at Internet Archive
- 1837 births
- 1913 deaths
- 19th-century American writers
- 19th-century American women writers
- 19th-century pseudonymous writers
- People from Honeoye, New York
- Writers from New York (state)
- Pseudonymous women writers