Mary Stanbery Watts
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Mary S. Watts, from a 1915 publication.
Mary Stanbery Watts (Mrs. Miles Taylor Watts) (1868–1958) was an American novelist.
She was born in Delaware County, Ohio, and educated in Cincinnati. Her work is characterized by frank, faithful, and sympathetic portrayal and interpretation of American life. Her first novel, The Tenants (1908), was followed by Nathan Burke (1910), an historical novel of the Mexican War; The Legacy (1911); Van Cleve (1913), set in the time of the Spanish–American War; The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1915), applying a very modern touchstone to moral values; The Rudder (1916).
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. Missing or empty
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- 1868 births
- 1958 deaths
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century American novelists
- American women novelists
- People from Delaware County, Ohio
- American novelist, 19th-century birth stubs