Английская Википедия:Adelaide Cilley Waldron

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Шаблон:Infobox writer Adelaide Cilley Waldron (Шаблон:Nee, Cilley; pen name, A. C. Waldron; February 23, 1843 – June 16, 1909) was an American author and editor of the long nineteenth century. She wrote poems, hymns, sonnets, children's stories, essays, and letters for newspapers, as well as articles for educational and historical journals. Farmington was published in 1904.Шаблон:Sfn Waldron was an accomplished musicianШаблон:Sfn and a clubwoman. She was associated with the Daughters of the American Revolution (D. A. R.), Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W. C. T. U.), New England Woman's Press Association (N. E. W. P. A.), and other organizations.

Early life and education

Adelaide Haines CilleyШаблон:Sfn was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, February 23, 1843.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn She was the daughter of the Rev. Daniel Plumer Cilley and his wife, Adelaide Ayers (Haines) Cilley. In addition to the Plumers and Cilleys, Waldron's ancestors included the Frosts, Sherburnes, and Pepperells of colonial note, through her mother, a preceptress in the Parsonsfield, Maine, and Strafford Academies.Шаблон:Sfn Waldron had at least four siblings, including Charles, Emma, Daniel, and Joseph.Шаблон:Sfn

Removal during her childhood to Boston, Massachusetts, caused Waldron to be educated almost wholly in that city, through schools, private tutors, and her father's study full of books.Шаблон:Sfn

Career

Шаблон:Quote box Since her first poem appeared, in Lippincott's Magazine, while she lived in North Carolina, her work was printed in many periodicals, from Harper's Magazine, Good Housekeeping,Шаблон:Sfn The Writer,Шаблон:Sfn The New England Magazine,Шаблон:Sfn Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine,Шаблон:Sfn Outing,Шаблон:Sfn The Literary World,Шаблон:Sfn Demorest Monthly Magazine,Шаблон:Sfn Kate Field's Washington,Шаблон:Sfn The Youth's Companion,Шаблон:Sfn American Primary Teacher,Шаблон:Sfn and The Granite Monthly,Шаблон:Sfn to first-class daily papers, and by publishers of holiday books, as well as in A Collection of Poems by America's Younger Poets.Шаблон:Sfn Waldron, lacking the aggressiveness of many less gifted, was a woman of unusual abilities and versatile talent, writing well always, whether in verse for special occasion, a hymn, a strong sonnet, a story for children, letters for newspapers, or articles carefully compiled for educational and historical journals, including the Journal of Education (Boston: New England Publishing Company).Шаблон:Sfn As a writer, she never lowered her standard for popularity or pay.Шаблон:Sfn

For ten years, she served as organist to Richard Pinkham of the Congregational church.Шаблон:Sfn

Personal life and death

She married R. C Parker, M. D., of Farmington, New Hampshire, May 1, 1862. He died December 31, 1866.Шаблон:Sfn

Her marriage to John Waldron, Esq., of Farmington, took place August 15, 1871. They had two daughters: Adelaide Cecil and Elizabeth Pearl.Шаблон:Sfn

Waldron was a charter member of the D. A. R., a state officer of the W. C. T. U., and served as vice-president of the New Hampshire branch of the Sons of the Revolution.Шаблон:Sfn She belonged to the club of N. H. D., the N. E. W. P. A., and the Pascataqua Congregational Club.Шаблон:Sfn She was also a member of the Daughters of the Cincinnati, her great-grandfather, General Joseph Cilley, having been one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati in 1783.Шаблон:Sfn She was a donor to the library of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.Шаблон:Sfn

Waldron died in Farmington, June 16, 1909.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Selected works

  • Farmington, 1904

References

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