![]() ![]() In 1870 she attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary but left a year later. As a teenager, she began writing stories and verse for children to help support her family and was quickly successful. Her father worked as a carpenter and house builder before the post-American Civil War depression affected his ability to provide for his family. When she was a young girl, her family moved to Brattleboro, Vermont and she attended the West Brattleboro Seminary in West Brattleboro, Vermont. Born Mary Eleanor Wilkins, the 2nd child to orthodox Congregationalists, she had a very strict childhood. ![]() Her books dealt mostly with life in New England and are among the best of their kind. She is best remembered for her two collections of stories, "A Humble Romance and Other Stories" (1887) and "A New England Nun and Other Stories" (1891). ![]()
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