Grace Steele Woodward | |
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Born | Joplin, Missouri, U.S. | September 14, 1899
Died | December 18, 1987 Oklahoma? | (aged 88)
Occupation | Author and playwright |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater |
University of Missouri University of Oklahoma Teachers College at Columbia University |
Genre | Non-fiction history |
Spouse | Guy Woodward |
Grace Steele Woodward (September 14, 1899 – December 18, 1987) was an American writer and historian known for non-fiction books.
Grace Steele was born on September 14, 1899, in Joplin, Missouri. [1] Her family moved to Webb City, Missouri, where she graduated from Webb City High School in 1917. [2] [3]
Woodward attended the University of Missouri, the University of Oklahoma, and Teachers College at Columbia University in New York. [2] [4]
Steele wanted to be an actress and she worked as a professional storyteller. [5]
She married Guy Hendon Woodward, an attorney, in 1920; she had children before she began her writing career with a course at the University of Tulsa. [5] [1] Her stories appeared in Parents, Forecast, and Holland's Magazine. Sometimes she wrote under the pseudonym Marian Doane to protect the privacy of her children. [2]
Her first book, The Man Who Conquered Pain (1962) was about William T.G. Morton, the dentist who promoted the user of ether. [2] Her second book, The Cherokees (1963) was a history of the Cherokee tribe and it received widespread acclaim. [2] [5] Her third book, published in 1969, was a biography of Pocahontas. It won first prize from the Oklahoma State Writers. [1] Her fourth book, The Secrets of Sherwood Forest, was co-authored with her husband and published in 1973; it covered the drilling of oil in Sherwood Forest during World War II. [2]
Woodward was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1968. [4] She was a member of . [1]
Grace Steele Woodward died on December 18, 1987. [2] Her husband, Guy Woodward, had died in 1979. [5]
Grace Steele Woodward | |
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Born | Joplin, Missouri, U.S. | September 14, 1899
Died | December 18, 1987 Oklahoma? | (aged 88)
Occupation | Author and playwright |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater |
University of Missouri University of Oklahoma Teachers College at Columbia University |
Genre | Non-fiction history |
Spouse | Guy Woodward |
Grace Steele Woodward (September 14, 1899 – December 18, 1987) was an American writer and historian known for non-fiction books.
Grace Steele was born on September 14, 1899, in Joplin, Missouri. [1] Her family moved to Webb City, Missouri, where she graduated from Webb City High School in 1917. [2] [3]
Woodward attended the University of Missouri, the University of Oklahoma, and Teachers College at Columbia University in New York. [2] [4]
Steele wanted to be an actress and she worked as a professional storyteller. [5]
She married Guy Hendon Woodward, an attorney, in 1920; she had children before she began her writing career with a course at the University of Tulsa. [5] [1] Her stories appeared in Parents, Forecast, and Holland's Magazine. Sometimes she wrote under the pseudonym Marian Doane to protect the privacy of her children. [2]
Her first book, The Man Who Conquered Pain (1962) was about William T.G. Morton, the dentist who promoted the user of ether. [2] Her second book, The Cherokees (1963) was a history of the Cherokee tribe and it received widespread acclaim. [2] [5] Her third book, published in 1969, was a biography of Pocahontas. It won first prize from the Oklahoma State Writers. [1] Her fourth book, The Secrets of Sherwood Forest, was co-authored with her husband and published in 1973; it covered the drilling of oil in Sherwood Forest during World War II. [2]
Woodward was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1968. [4] She was a member of . [1]
Grace Steele Woodward died on December 18, 1987. [2] Her husband, Guy Woodward, had died in 1979. [5]