Name Sarah Bolton | Role Writer | |
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Died February 21, 1916, Cleveland, Ohio, United States Books Lives of Girls Who Became, Famous men of science, Lives of Poor Boys who Beca, Famous American Statesmen, Famous American Authors | ||
Famous American Statesmen by Sarah Knowles BOLTON read by Barry Eads Part 1/2 | Full Audio Book
Some Articles About Mark Twain | Charles Hopkins Clark, Edmund Yates, Sarah Knowles Bolton
Sarah Knowles Bolton (September 15, 1841 – February 21, 1916) was an American writer.
Contents
- Famous American Statesmen by Sarah Knowles BOLTON read by Barry Eads Part 12 Full Audio Book
- Some Articles About Mark Twain Charles Hopkins Clark Edmund Yates Sarah Knowles Bolton
- Biography
- Works
- References
Biography
She was born in Farmington, Connecticut, to parents John Segar Knowles and Mary Elizabeth Miller Knowles. At age 11 she met the writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. In 1866 she married Charles E. Bolton, a merchant and philanthropist. In 1872 her son, Charles Knowles Bolton was born.
She wrote extensively for the press, was one of the first corresponding secretaries of the Woman's national temperance union, was associate editor of the Boston "Congregationalist" (1878–81), and traveled for two years in Europe, studying profit-sharing, female higher education, and other social questions. Her writings encourage readers to improve the world about them through faith and hard work. She died in Cleveland, Ohio.
Works
Between 1863 and 1902 Sarah Knowles Bolton wrote many poems, children's books and biographical sketches, including: