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Frances Hodges White

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Frances Hodges White (born Nellie Frances Hodges, June 18, 1866 – February 4, 1954) was an American writer of children's books.[1][2]

Biography

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She was born and raised in Washington, Maine to William Hodge Jr. and Caroline Merrill Hodge.[1][2][3] She attended Emerson College.[2][4]

She was most known for her children's books Helena's Wonderworld (1900), Aunt Nabby's Children (1901), and Captain Jinks: The Autobiography of a Shetland Pony (1909), all published by L.C. Page & Company.[5][6][7]

White lived in Lynn, Massachusetts.[2] She was a member of the North Shore Club of Lynn and the Professional Women's Club of Boston.[2]

She had a daughter, Elizabeth, with her first husband, Charles E. White.[8][2]

Later years

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White married John Calvin Bucher, principal of the Peekskill Military Academy, in Peeksill, New York on April 5, 1924.[9][10] She moved to Oak Park, Illinois and she owned Pine Knoll Camp in Conway, New Hampshire.[4] Bucher died in 1945.[11][12]

Frances Hodges White died on February 4, 1954, in Oak Park. She was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Peekskill.[13][10]

Works

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Goldenrod Library

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Source:[17]

  • Helena's Wonderworld. Illustrated by Charles A. Laurence and Ernest L. Proctor. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1900.[7][18][19]
  • Aunt Nabby's Children. Illustrated by Wallace Goldsmith. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1901.[6][20][21][22][23]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Literary news and notes". The Republican Journal. 1898-04-14. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Leonard, John W. (1914). Woman's Who's who of America. American Commonwealth Company.
  3. ↑ "State chat". Sun-Journal. 1905-05-05. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  4. 1 2 A Handbook of Summer Camps: An Annual Survey. Porter Sargent. 1924.
  5. 1 2 White, Frances Hodges (1909). Captain Jinks: The Autobiography of a Shetland Pony. L.C. Page.
  6. 1 2 White, Frances Hodges (1901). Aunt Nabby's Children. L.C. Page & Company.
  7. 1 2 White, Mrs Frances Hodges (1900). Helena's Wonderworld. L.C. Page (Incorporated).
  8. ↑ Rogers (1920-01-17). "Marriage of White". Chicago Tribune. p. 13. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  9. ↑ Princeton Alumni Weekly. Princeton University Press. 1923.
  10. 1 2 Obituary 1 – no title. (1954, Feb 07). New York Times (1923–). ProQuest 112965721
  11. ↑ The New York Times. (1945, Mar 28). John Calvin Bucher: Ex-Principal of the Peekskill Military Academy was 79.ProQuest 107119210 (subscription required)
  12. ↑ "Westchester deaths". Mount Vernon Argus. 1945-03-27. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  13. ↑ "Bucher-Frances White". Chicago Tribune. 1954-02-06. p. 23. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  14. ↑ Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1898.
  15. ↑ The Publishers Weekly. F. Leypoldt. 1909.
  16. ↑ "Autobiography of a pony". The Boston Globe. 1909-08-28. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  17. ↑ "The Project Gutenberg eBook of Our Little Canadian Cousin, by Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  18. ↑ Book News. 1901.
  19. ↑ "Helena's wonderworld". The Baltimore Sun. 1900-11-30. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  20. ↑ Christian Register and Boston Observer...: July 1835 – Oct. 14, 1843. American Unitarian Association. 1901.
  21. ↑ "Aunt Nabby's children". Hartford Courant. 1902-01-04. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  22. ↑ "New books". The Owensboro Messenger. 1902-03-02. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  23. ↑ "Aunt Nabby's children". The Indianapolis Journal. 1901-12-23. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
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