Elizabeth Rhodes Jackson

Jackson was born in Brooklyn, New York,^[1] the daughter of Foster Rhodes and Anna J. Hatfield Rhodes. She was the valedictorian of the Class of 1894 at Adelphi Academy,^[2] and she graduated from Cornell University in 1897.^[3] At Cornell she was coxswain of the school's first women's rowing team, and was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.^[4]

Before she married, Rhodes taught English at Adelphi Academy, and was secretary of the Inter-Municipal Research Committee of the New York Association for Household Research.^[5][6] Jackson was exchange editor^[7] and then editor-in-chief^[8] of The Key, the official national publication of Kappa Kappa Gamma.^[9] She was president of the Cornell Women's Club in Boston and a member of the Boston Authors Club.^[10]

Jackson's 1923 children's novel It's Your Fairy Tale, You Know is a fantasy set in her present-day Boston, which features fairies, pixies, a giant, a genie, and a kobold.^[1] "The story is entertainingly written and the format pleasing," wrote one reviewer.^[11] Her 1947 book Beacon Hill Children included several short stories that were widely anthologized, including "Christmas Eve at Reginald's", which involves a dog holding a holiday open house for his human friends.^[12]

• "Leaving the Nest" (1894, class song)^[13]
• "The Professor's Experiment" (Argosy, 1901, short story)^[14]
• "The Postern Gate" (The Junior Munsey, 1901, short story)^[15]
• It's Your Fairy Tale, You Know (1922, novel)^[16]
• Beacon Hill Children (1947, book)^[17][18]
  • includes the stories "Christmas Eve at Reginald's",^[19] "Streets of Memories",^[20] "The Rule of Three"^[20] "Old Houses"^[21] and "The Holiday Cup"^[22]