Arena, 37 ('07): 560 (portrait), 623.
Bookm. (Lond.) 56 ('19): 58 (portrait), 201.
Cur. Op. 58 ('15): 167 (portrait).
Everybody's, 38 ('18): Jan., p. 25 (portrait).
Harper's, 129 ('14): 310.
Lit. Digest, 51 ('15): 1240, 1352 (portrait).
Nation, 105 ('17): 21.
New Repub. 5 ('15): 86.
No. Am. 192 ('10): 93. (Howells.)
Outlook, 111 ('15): 652, 661 (portrait).
R. of Rs. 43 ('11): 119; 52 ('15): 703 (portrait).
Spec. 122 ('19): 795.
+Margaret Widdemer (Mrs. Robert Haven Schauffler)+--poet, novelist.
Born at Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Educated at home. Graduate of the
Drexel Institute Library School, 1909. Her first published poem,
"Factories," attracted wide attention for its humanitarian interest. In
1918, she shared with Carl Sandburg (q.v.) the prize of the Poetry
Society of America. Her verse reflects the attitudes and interests of the
modern woman.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Rose-Garden Husband. 1915. (Novel.)
*Factories, with Other Lyrics. 1915.
Why Not? 1915. (Novel.)
The Wishing-Ring Man. 1917. (Novel.)
The Old Road to Paradise. 1918.
You're Only Young Once. 1918. (Novel.)
The Board Walk. 1919. (Short stories.)
I've Married Marjorie. 1920. (Novel.)
Cross-Currents. 1921.
The Year of Delight. 1921. (Novel.)
A Minister of Grace. 1922. (Short stories.)
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Untermeyer.
Bookm. 42 ('15): 458; 47 ('18): 392.
Poetry, 7 ('15): 150; 14 ('19): 273.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921.
+Kate Douglas Wiggin (Mrs. George C. Riggs)+--Story-writer.
Born at Philadelphia, 1859. As a child, lived in New England and was
educated at home, and at Abbott Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Honorary
Litt. D., Bowdoin, 1906. Studied to be a kindergarten teacher. Later, her
family moved to Southern California and she organized the first free
kindergarten for poor children on the Pacific coast. Her kindergarten
experience is seen in her first two books. She has continued her interest
in kindergarten work. Musician (piano and vocal); composer.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Birds' Christmas Carol. 1888.
The Story of Patsy. 1889.
*Timothy's Quest. 1890.
Penelope's English Experiences. 1893.
Penelope's Progress. 1898.
Penelope's Experiences in Ireland. 1901.
*Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. 1903. (Play, 1908.)
Rose o' the River. 1905.
New Chronicles of Rebecca. 1907.
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