Esther Saville Allen
Esther Saville Allen (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]
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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 |
| Occupation | author |
| Language | English |
| Spouse | Samuel R. Allen (m. 1859) |
Early years and education
Esther 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]
Career
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] She died July 17, 1913, and is buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, in Little Rock, Arkansas.[2]
References
- Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 19-20.
- "Esther Saville Allen (1838 - 1913) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
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.
