Английская Википедия:Eleanor Kirk
Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox writer Eleanor Ames (née, Easterbrook; after first marriage, Child; after second marriage, Hubbell; after third marriage, Ames; October 7, 1831 – June 20, 1908), better known by her pen name, Eleanor Kirk, was an American author, businesswoman, newspaper publisher, and suffragist. Kirk was a "Mental Scientist"[1] and was interested in astrology.Шаблон:Sfn She wrote a number of books and published a magazine entitled Eleanor Kirk's Idea. She was also a regular contributor to The Revolution and Packard's Monthly.
Early life
Eleanor (sometimes, "Ellen")[2] (nickname, "Nellie") Maria Easterbrook (sometimes, "Easterbrooks") was born in Warren, Rhode Island, October 7, 1831.Шаблон:Sfn Her parents were George Easterbrooks and his wife, Elizabeth.[3]
Career
By 1860, she was living in Brooklyn, New York.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn[3] She wrote a number of books under the pen name "Eleanor Kirk" designed to assist young writers, and she published a magazine entitled Eleanor Kirk's Idea, for the same purpose. Her works included Up Broadway, and its Sequel (New York, 1870), Periodicals that Pay Contributors (Brooklyn; privately printed),Шаблон:Sfn Information for Authors (Brooklyn, 1888); and as editor, Henry Ward Beecher as a Humorist (New York, 1887), The Beecher Book of Days (New York, 1886),Шаблон:Sfn and Perpetual Youth. She was also a regular contributor to The Revolution and Packard's Monthly,Шаблон:Sfn and was a member of Woman's Press Club of New York City.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1870, the New York Herald stated that she was "the most pronounced of the women’s rights women".[4]
Eleanor Kirk's Idea
The promotion of Eleanor Kirk's Idea – from the Ideal to the Actual[5] stated that "... the editor of this journal has worked out some perplexing problems. Because of this, she desires to show others the processes by which she did her sums. In other words, how to be happy instead of wretched, rich instead of poor, well and strong instead of sick and weak, good looking instead of haggard and ugly." The subscription price was Шаблон:USD per year, and single copies were available at $0.10 each. The publishing address was 696 Green Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.Шаблон:Sfn
Personal life
Before the age of 40, she had been widowed three times and had five children requiring her support. On November 18, 1849, at Warren, Rhode Island, she married Samuel Smith Child (1820–1850), and was widowed the following year.[3] Their child, Samuell S. Child, was born in 1851.[6] About 1852, in Rhode Island, she married Wilber Fisk Hubbell (1830–1854),[3] and they had a son, Wilbur Fisk Hubbell (b. 1854),[7] before she was widowed in 1854.[8] On November 10, 1856, at Warren, Rhode Island, she married William G. Ames (1833–1871) and was widowed for the third time in 1871. Their children were: Edward Griffin Ames (1858–1898), Joseph Seymour Ames (1863–1889), and Mary E. Ames (1865–1933).[9]
Eleanor Kirk died June 20, 1908,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn[3] at Weekapaug, Rhode Island.
Selected works
- n.d., Libra: an astrological romance
- 1890, Periodicals that pay contributors, to which is added a list of publishing houses
- 1894, The Influence of the Zodiac upon Human Life
- 1895, Perpetual Youth
- 1897, Where you are: talks with girls
- 1901, The Christ of the Red Planet
- 1887, Beecher as a Humorist: Selections from the published works of Henry Ward Beecher
References
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