| Laura E. Richards |
Article Index for Laura |
Website Links For Laura |
Information AboutLaura E. Richards |
|
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards ( February 27 , 1850 - January 14 , 1943 ) was born in Boston, Massachusetts , to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, Biographies , Poetry , and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is a Nonsense Verse entitled '' Eletelephony .'' Her father was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe , an Abolitionist and the founder of the Perkins Institution And Massachusetts School For The Blind , famous for developing "finger spell", the form of Sign Language for the Blind and Deaf that was later taught to Helen Keller . Julia Ward Howe , Laura's mother, was famous for writing the words to The Battle Hymn Of The Republic . In 1871 , Laura married Henry Richards . He would accept a management position in 1876 at his family's Paper Mill at Gardiner, Maine , where the couple moved with their three children. In 1917 , she won a Pulitzer Prize for '' Julia Ward Howe '', a Biography , which she Co-author ed with her sister, Maude Howe Elliott . BIBLIOGRAPHY
REFERENCES |
|
|