Английская Википедия:Elizabeth Baker Bohan
Шаблон:Infobox writer Elizabeth Baker Bohan (Шаблон:Nee, Baker; August 18, 1849 – August 27, 1930) was a British-born American author, journalist, artist, and social reformer. She had a special interest in the reconstruction of the penal system. She published two novels, Un Americano, a story of the mission days of California (1895) and The Drag-Net, a prison story of the present day (1909, illustrated by Langdon Smith).
Early life and education
Elizabeth Claire Baker was born in Birmingham, England, August 18, 1849. Her parents were Joseph and Martha (Boddington) Baker. They came to the United States in 1854 and lived most of the time in Wisconsin.Шаблон:Sfn
She received her education in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin public schools.Шаблон:Sfn From her earliest youth, she practiced composition.Шаблон:Sfn At school, she not only wrote her own essays but many for her schoolmates.Шаблон:Sfn
Career
For a time, Bohan worked as a teacher,Шаблон:Sfn and resided in West Bend, Wisconsin.Шаблон:Sfn
On September 2, 1872, in Milwaukee, she married Michael Bohan (b. 1832, Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland). He was then editor of the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Journal, and previously editor of the West Bend, Democrat. The couple lived in Milwaukee with their four children,Шаблон:Sfn Arthur Baker, Edmonde (or Edmund)Шаблон:Sfn Russell, Martha Boddington, and Florence Claire.Шаблон:Sfn In 1894, Bohan removed to Los Angeles.[1] Working with pencils, brushes, watercolor, and oils,Шаблон:Sfn she created floral still lifes, landscape paintings, portrait paintings,[1] as well as black and white illustrations. She instructed several painters and musicians of Wisconsin.Шаблон:Sfn
Her enjoyment for writing increased as she became an adult. She wrote a great numbers of poems and a still greater number of prose sketches, but offered none for publication until within the late 1880s. Thereafter, a large numbers of her poems and sketches were published in papers and magazines throughout the U.S.Шаблон:Sfn She wrote for the West Coast Magazine as a staff writer for at least five years, and occasionally for the Chicago Tribune, Simons' Magazine, Munsey's Magazine, Milwaukee Sentinel, The Youth's Companion, National New Thought Monthly, The Club Woman, and others. Her serial stories included "The Burro Girl", and "The Strength of the Weak".Шаблон:Sfn
Bohan was a lecturer to women's clubs on civic reforms, with a special interest in the reconstruction of the penal system. She worked for the establishment of municipal farms for petty offenders.Шаблон:Sfn
Personal life and death
Bohan was a member of the Southern California Press and the California Badger clubs. She favored woman suffrage and was a Progressive.Шаблон:Sfn Bohan died at her home in Los Angeles, California, August 27, 1930.[1][2]
Selected works
Poems
- "Sunny thoughts" (1885, poem)Шаблон:Sfn
Novels
- Un Americano, a story of the mission days of California (1895)
- The Drag-Net, a prison story of the present day (1909, illustrated by Langdon Smith)
Serial stories
- "The Burro Girl"
- "The Strength of the Weak"
References
Attribution
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