Lucy Foster Madison
American writer and teacher (1865–1932)
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Lucy Foster Madison (April 8, 1865 – March 16, 1932) was an American novelist and teacher.
Lucy Foster Madison | |
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| Born | April 8, 1865 Kirksville, Missouri, US |
| Died | March 16, 1932 (aged 66) Hudson Falls, New York, US |
| Occupations | Writer, teacher |
Born Lucy Foster in Kirksville, Missouri, the daughter of George W. Foster and Almira Parker,[1][2] she graduated from high school in Louisiana, Missouri.[3] Her father, mother, and brother all died[1] while she was a teen,[2] leaving her to care for her two younger sisters. She became a school teacher in Louisiana, Missouri, then in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1890 she was married to Winfield Scott Madison.[1]
In 1893, the offer of a prize by a New York newspaper interested her enough to enter a short story and she won second place. She became a writer of both short stories and novels, plus a compiler of various Chautauqua assemblies.[1] Her series of "Peggy Owens" stories and other tales for girls were popular early in the twentieth century. Her husband began to suffer ill health, so they moved to a farm near Hudson Falls, New York in 1924. She died there in 1932, a few days after she had a stroke.[2]
Bibliography
- A maid of the first century[3] (1899)
- A maid at King Alfred's court[3] (1900)
- A colonial maid of old Virginia[3] (1902)
- A daughter of the Union[3] (1903)
- A maid of Salem Towne[3] (1906)
- Peggy Owen, patriot: a story for girls[3] (1908)
- Peggy Owen at Yorktown[3] (1910)
- Bee and butterfly: a tale of two cousins[4] (1913)
- Time's follower[3] (1914)
- Joan of Arc: the warrior maid[3] (1918)
- In doublet and hose: a story for girls (1919)
- Peggy Owen: a story for girls (1920)
- Lafayette (1921)
- Peggy Owen at Yorktown (1925)
- Washington (1925)
