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The Lamp Lighters: Women in the Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame for Great Americans includes eight men and eight women. In "The Lamp Lighters," Vance recreates the lives of each of these distinguished women, highlighting background and childhood, personality, convictions and accomplishments against the particular historical period in which they lived.
Of the eight women, three were educators: Emma Willard, Mary Lyon and Alice Freeman Palmer. Susan B. Anthony and Frances Elizabeth Willard were outstanding social reformers. Harriet Beecher Stowe was the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Maria Mitchell was a scientist and emeritus of astronomy at Vassar College. Charlotte Saunders Cushman was an American actress.
Of the eight women, three were educators: Emma Willard, Mary Lyon and Alice Freeman Palmer. Susan B. Anthony and Frances Elizabeth Willard were outstanding social reformers. Harriet Beecher Stowe was the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Maria Mitchell was a scientist and emeritus of astronomy at Vassar College. Charlotte Saunders Cushman was an American actress.
254 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1960
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About the author
Marguerite Vance
73 books7 followersAka Sarah K. Wright (Tales From Grimm), Anne Kramer.
" Marguerite Vance was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Miss Martin's School there, from the primary grades to graduation from the collegiate department.
Following graduation she spent three years in Paris. Returning home she married and lived for twenty-one years in Cleveland. After her husband's death in 1931 Mrs. Vance had charge of the book department in the Eastman Bolton Gallery, then for two years was with the Eigbee book department, both in Cleveland.
In 1933 she (moved) to New York to take charge of the children's book department in Dutton's Book Store on Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street. That year her first book, A Star for Hansi, was published by Harper.
In 1940 she joined the staff of E.P. Dutton & Company as editor of children's books. Of her own published books, the most recent carry the Dutton imprint. They are: Boy on the Road: A Christmas Story; While Shepherds Watched; Martha, Daughter of Virginia; Patsy Jefferson of Monticello; The Lees Of Arlington; Marie Antoinette, Daughter of an Empress; Lady Jane Grey, Reluctant Queen; The Jacksons of Tennessee; On Wings of Fire; Windows for Rosemary and The Empress Josephine: from Martinique to Malmaison
(September 1956)."
- This biography is not dated but was requested on October 11th 1960 in correspondence between Vance, E.P. Dutton and Maine State Library's Maine Author Collection so is presumed accurate at least up until that point. The full correspondence can be read here
" Marguerite Vance was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Miss Martin's School there, from the primary grades to graduation from the collegiate department.
Following graduation she spent three years in Paris. Returning home she married and lived for twenty-one years in Cleveland. After her husband's death in 1931 Mrs. Vance had charge of the book department in the Eastman Bolton Gallery, then for two years was with the Eigbee book department, both in Cleveland.
In 1933 she (moved) to New York to take charge of the children's book department in Dutton's Book Store on Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street. That year her first book, A Star for Hansi, was published by Harper.
In 1940 she joined the staff of E.P. Dutton & Company as editor of children's books. Of her own published books, the most recent carry the Dutton imprint. They are: Boy on the Road: A Christmas Story; While Shepherds Watched; Martha, Daughter of Virginia; Patsy Jefferson of Monticello; The Lees Of Arlington; Marie Antoinette, Daughter of an Empress; Lady Jane Grey, Reluctant Queen; The Jacksons of Tennessee; On Wings of Fire; Windows for Rosemary and The Empress Josephine: from Martinique to Malmaison
(September 1956)."
- This biography is not dated but was requested on October 11th 1960 in correspondence between Vance, E.P. Dutton and Maine State Library's Maine Author Collection so is presumed accurate at least up until that point. The full correspondence can be read here
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