Английская Википедия:Catharine Webb Barber
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox writer Catharine Webb Barber (Шаблон:Nee, Barber; after first marriage, Towles or Towle; after second marriage, McCoy; October 25, 1823 - November 15, 1893)Шаблон:Sfn was an American teacher, newspaper editor, and author. She was born in Massachusetts, but came South, settling first in Georgia and afterward in Alabama.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn According to The Alabama Review, 1983,— "Establishing a bibliography of the works of Catharine W . Barber Towles McCoy is as difficult as establishing the facts of her life. Only a few of her numerous contributions to ephemeral Georgia periodicals can now definitely be known."Шаблон:Sfn
Biography
Catharine Шаблон:Efn Webb Barber was born in Charlemont, a village on the banks of the Deerfield River, in Franklin County, Massachusetts, October 25, 1823.Шаблон:Efn She was the youngest of ten children of Rufus Barber,Шаблон:Sfn of Worcester, Massachusetts, a New England farmer. In 1843, her father died,Шаблон:Efn and Barber, at the advice of her brother, came south, and entered the Lafayette Female Seminary, at Chambers Court House, Alabama.Шаблон:Sfn She afterwards taught in the same institution.Шаблон:Sfn
Barber began to write verses for the newspapers at an early age.Шаблон:Sfn From 1849 to 1852, in Madison, Georgia, she served as editor of the Madison Visitor. In 1861, she moved to Newnan, Georgia, and became editor of the Southern Literary Companion, which she continued to edit until its suspension in 1865.Шаблон:Sfn For several newspapers and magazines, she filled the role of the "Women's Department" editor.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1866, she became the editor and proprietor of Miss Barber's Weekly, which she continued till her marriage to John Culbreath Towles (1813-1877), of Lafayette, in 1867.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1884, she married Jett T. McCoy (1823-1887). After his death in 1887, she resided at Columbus, Georgia.Шаблон:Sfn
She published Stories for the Freemason's Fireside (New York, 1860); The Three Golden Links (Cassville, Georgia, 1857); and Poor Claire, or Life Among the Queer (1888).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Her novelette Briarbrook (1866) was published by Scott's Monthly Magazine.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
She died November 15, 1893, in Columbus, Georgia.Шаблон:Sfn
Awards and honors
She received honorary degrees from southern colleges.Шаблон:Sfn
Selected works
- The Three Golden Links (Cassville, Georgia, 1857)
- Stories for the American Freemason's Fireside (1860)[1][2]
- Briarbrook (1866)
- Poor Claire, or Life Among the Queer (1888)
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Bibliography
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- ↑ Towle 1860 etc: Шаблон:OCLC. 1868 edition available online. See also this copy in HathiTrust Digital Library.
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