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Born | March 1, 1859
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Died | September 26, 1928
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Kate Adele Aplington ( née Smith; March 1, 1859 – September 26, 1928) was an American novelist, photographer, painter, suffragist, and clubwoman.
She was born Kate Adele Smith, the daughter of Henry H. Smith, a school superintendent, and Elizabeth Melinda (Deming) Smith. [1] She graduated from Polo High School in Polo, Illinois. [2] She taught high school herself briefly at Ottawa High School in Ottawa, Illinois. In 1879, she married John Aplington, a lawyer, and they moved to Council Grove, Kansas the next year. [1]
In Council Grove, Kate Aplington operated a photography studio. [3] She was active in many civic causes. She served as recording secretary of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association. [4] She worked to preserve Hermit's Cave on Belfry Hill as a public park. [5] She established the Aplington Art Gallery or the Kansas State Art Collection, a collection of art prints that toured the state of Kansas. [1] [2] In 1913, the Aplingtons moved to Florida, and Kate Aplington engaged in similar civic work in Miami, Florida. [2] [3]
Her novel Pilgrim of the Plains: A Romance of the Santa Fe Trail (1913) is the diary of Delia Randall, a girl travelling in a prairie caravan in the 1830s. [6] [7] At the time of her death, she had completed a book about Florida, The Strangler Tree. [3]
Kate Adele Aplington died on September 26, 1928, aged 69, in Miami, Florida, aged . [3]
Kate Aplington | |
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Born | March 1, 1859
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Died | September 26, 1928
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Occupation |
Writer
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Kate Adele Aplington ( née Smith; March 1, 1859 – September 26, 1928) was an American novelist, photographer, painter, suffragist, and clubwoman.
She was born Kate Adele Smith, the daughter of Henry H. Smith, a school superintendent, and Elizabeth Melinda (Deming) Smith. [1] She graduated from Polo High School in Polo, Illinois. [2] She taught high school herself briefly at Ottawa High School in Ottawa, Illinois. In 1879, she married John Aplington, a lawyer, and they moved to Council Grove, Kansas the next year. [1]
In Council Grove, Kate Aplington operated a photography studio. [3] She was active in many civic causes. She served as recording secretary of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association. [4] She worked to preserve Hermit's Cave on Belfry Hill as a public park. [5] She established the Aplington Art Gallery or the Kansas State Art Collection, a collection of art prints that toured the state of Kansas. [1] [2] In 1913, the Aplingtons moved to Florida, and Kate Aplington engaged in similar civic work in Miami, Florida. [2] [3]
Her novel Pilgrim of the Plains: A Romance of the Santa Fe Trail (1913) is the diary of Delia Randall, a girl travelling in a prairie caravan in the 1830s. [6] [7] At the time of her death, she had completed a book about Florida, The Strangler Tree. [3]
Kate Adele Aplington died on September 26, 1928, aged 69, in Miami, Florida, aged . [3]