Elizabeth Weston Timlow | |
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Born | June 24, 1861
Rhinebeck, New York, U.S. |
Died | June 14, 1930 | (aged 68)
Other names | E. Westyn Timlow |
Occupation(s) | Educator, writer |
Elizabeth Weston Timlow (June 24, 1861 – June 14, 1930), also written as Elizabeth Westyn Timlow, was an American educator and writer. She wrote seven children's books, and was principal of Cloverside, a girls' boarding school in New Jersey and later in Washington, D.C. [1]
Timlow was born in Rhinebeck, New York, the daughter of Heman Rowlee Timlow and Martha Fay Bigelow Timlow. [2] Her father was an Episcopal clergyman. [3] She attended Wellesley College and Cornell University. [4] [5]
In 1894, Timlow and her sisters started a girls' boarding school named Cloverside in Montclair, New Jersey, [6] [7] after their father's death left them in need of an income. [3] Elizabeth Timlow was the school's principal. [8] [9]
They moved the Cloverside school to Washington, D.C., in 1909. [10] [11] She and Florence Breed Khan addressed the graduating class in 1913. [12]
She was traveling in Germany with five students in summer 1914, when German mobilization for World War I began, and she had to guide the party of girls to safety. [13]
They closed the school in 1918. [5]
Timlow also wrote books, beginning with a series of children's books published in the 1890s, Cricket, Cricket at the Seashore, and Eunice and Cricket. [14] [15] Further writing for children followed; she also wrote books for general readership, including one about Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire. [16] "Never have I ever read a finer or grander description of a thunderstorm," wrote one reviewer of Timlow's The Heart of Monadnock. [17]
Timlow was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution [18] and active in the Parent Teacher Association in Washington. [19] She advocated smaller class sizes, older teachers, and teaching more study skills than "miscellaneous knowledge." [20] She gave presentations on education and psychology for women's clubs [21] and other community groups, [22] [23] [24] and on radio programs. [25]
Timlow died in 1930, at the age of 68, in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.
Elizabeth Weston Timlow | |
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Born | June 24, 1861
Rhinebeck, New York, U.S. |
Died | June 14, 1930 | (aged 68)
Other names | E. Westyn Timlow |
Occupation(s) | Educator, writer |
Elizabeth Weston Timlow (June 24, 1861 – June 14, 1930), also written as Elizabeth Westyn Timlow, was an American educator and writer. She wrote seven children's books, and was principal of Cloverside, a girls' boarding school in New Jersey and later in Washington, D.C. [1]
Timlow was born in Rhinebeck, New York, the daughter of Heman Rowlee Timlow and Martha Fay Bigelow Timlow. [2] Her father was an Episcopal clergyman. [3] She attended Wellesley College and Cornell University. [4] [5]
In 1894, Timlow and her sisters started a girls' boarding school named Cloverside in Montclair, New Jersey, [6] [7] after their father's death left them in need of an income. [3] Elizabeth Timlow was the school's principal. [8] [9]
They moved the Cloverside school to Washington, D.C., in 1909. [10] [11] She and Florence Breed Khan addressed the graduating class in 1913. [12]
She was traveling in Germany with five students in summer 1914, when German mobilization for World War I began, and she had to guide the party of girls to safety. [13]
They closed the school in 1918. [5]
Timlow also wrote books, beginning with a series of children's books published in the 1890s, Cricket, Cricket at the Seashore, and Eunice and Cricket. [14] [15] Further writing for children followed; she also wrote books for general readership, including one about Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire. [16] "Never have I ever read a finer or grander description of a thunderstorm," wrote one reviewer of Timlow's The Heart of Monadnock. [17]
Timlow was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution [18] and active in the Parent Teacher Association in Washington. [19] She advocated smaller class sizes, older teachers, and teaching more study skills than "miscellaneous knowledge." [20] She gave presentations on education and psychology for women's clubs [21] and other community groups, [22] [23] [24] and on radio programs. [25]
Timlow died in 1930, at the age of 68, in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.