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Helen Josephine Ferris

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Although Helen Josephine Ferris was born in Hastings, Nebraska, in 1890, her roots reach back to Wisconsin. Her mother, Minnie Lunn Ferris was born in Marshall, growing up in Waterloo. Her father, Elmer, was a Baptist minister who was born in Seven Mile Creek and grew up there and in Fond du Lac. Both of her parents attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam. Between 1901-04, the Ferris family lived in La Crosse. Helen enjoyed "the mighty Mississippi River", later writing of it that "... it will always be my river." The family moved to Milwaukee during Helen's high school years, 1905-07. Two Wisconsin librarians were Helen's mentors: her aunt, Anne Mayers, Assistant to the State Library Commission; and Mary Emogene Hazeltine, Preceptor of the W...more

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Average rating: 4.50 · 4 ratings · 0 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Favorite Poems, Old and New, Selected for Boys and Girls 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1957	My rating:
	Love's Enchantment; Story Poems And Ballads 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Producing Amateur Entertainments; Varied Stunts and Other Numbers with Program Plans and Directions 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Producing Amateur Entertainments; Varied Stunts and Other Numbers with Program Plans and Directions 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Producing Amateur Entertainments; Varied Stunts and Other Numbers with Program Plans and Directions 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Time of Understanding; Stories of Girls Learning to Get Along with Their Parents 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Girl's Clubs, Their Organization and Management; A Manual for Workers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Girls Clubs', Their Organization and Management: A Manual for Workers (1918) by Helen Josephine Ferris, Jane Deeter Rippin (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Five Girls Who Dared: The Girlhood Stories Of Five Courageous Girls As Told By Themselves 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: