Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
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Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (Mrs. Fordyce Coburn) (September 22, 1872–June 4, 1958), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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, was a nationally recognized American
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 author. She was a frequent contributor to The Ladies' Home Journal
Ladies' Home Journal
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Early life

Abbott is the daughter of clergyman Edward Abbott, who edited the journal Literary World; and granddaughter of noted children's author of Jacob Abbott
Jacob Abbott
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. She attended Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was the coordinate college for Harvard University. It was also one of the Seven Sisters colleges. Radcliffe College conferred joint Harvard-Radcliffe diplomas beginning in 1963 and a formal merger agreement with...

, and after completing her studies worked as a secretary and teacher at Lowell State Normal School.

Later life and literary career

In 1908 Abbott married Dr. Fordyce Coburn and relocated with him to Wilton, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
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. Soon after moving, several widely read magazines accepted her work for publication. Two of her poems were accepted by Harper’s Monthly Magazine in 1909. She went on to publish seventy-five short stories
Short Stories
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 and fourteen romantic novels. Being Little in Cambridge When Everyone Else Was Big is an autobiography written by Abbott about her childhood in Cambridge.

Abbott had no children. She died in 1958 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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.

The Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Papers are held by The University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire
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 Library in the Milne Special Collections. The collection primarily consists of typescripts of Abbott's short stories.

Selected works

  • Molly Make-Believe 1910
  • The Sick-a-Bed Lady (and other tales) 1911
  • The White Linen Nurse 1913
  • Little Eve Edgarton 1914
  • The Indiscreet Letter 1915
  • The Ne'er Do Much 1918
  • Love and Mrs. Kendrue 1919
  • Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs 1920
  • Silver Moon 1923
  • But Once A Year: Christmas Stories 1928
  • Being Little in Cambridge when Everyone Else was Big 1936

External links

  • Public domain audio books of works by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott at Librivox
  • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott papers and short biography at the University of New Hampshire
    University of New Hampshire
    The University of New Hampshire is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire , United States. The main campus is in Durham, New Hampshire. An additional campus is located in Manchester. With over 15,000 students, UNH is the largest university in New Hampshire. The university is...

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