Jennie Ellis Keysor
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March 1, 1860
- educator
- writer
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| Born | Jennie Ellis March 1, 1860 Austin, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | May 16, 1945 (aged 85) Kirkwood, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Known for | Adult education |
Jennie Ellis Keysor (1860–1945) was an American pioneer in adult education. She was the author of children's books on American literature and art topics.[1][2][3] In Omaha, Nebraska, Keysor served on the Board of Lady Managers for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. She led the Art Department of Omaha's Woman's Club.
Jennie Ellis was born on March 1, 1860, in Austin, Minnesota.[1] Her parents, Allen Valois Ellis (1834–1909) and Helen (Quain) Ellis (1839–1917), were early pioneers of that city.[4] Jennie's siblings were Gertrude, Mattie, Kit, Charles, and Sidney.[5]
She was a high-school graduate of 1878. Immediately, Keysor began teaching in a district school, riding nearly 4 miles (6.4 km) on horseback daily and using the long ride in the study of English literature. She was graduated from the Winona Normal School in 1879.[1]
Career
In 1879, she was appointed to a position in the Austin school. She soon accepted the charge of the preparatory department of United States history, or civil government, of the Southern Minnesota Normal College.[1]
In 1882–83,[6] she completed in Wellesley College her course in English literature, history and Anglo-Saxon.[1]
Keysor again occupied a position in the Winona Normal School, having charge of the department of English literature and rhetoric.[1]
She resigned in 1884,[6] when she married William Winchester Keysor (1852–1922), an attorney of Omaha, Nebraska, who became a district judge.[1] For many years, he served as a professor in the Washington University School of Law.[7]
Keysor wrote more than 40 art texts and reading books for the public schools.[6] She was also a book reviewer,[8] writer for the Popular Educator, and frequent contributor to other periodicals.[1]
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In 1888, she went abroad, visiting England and Scotland.[1]
In 1897, she served on the Board of Lady Managers for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition (Omaha, Nebraska, 1898).[9] Keysor was a member of the Omaha Woman's Club, and led its Art Department, which had a membership of nearly 100 in 1898. In this department, Keysor gave a series of stereopticon lectures on art and architecture.[10]
Death
Jennie Ellis Keysor died in Kirkwood, Missouri, May 16, 1945. She was survived by a son, Harold C. Keysor.[8]
