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Elizabeth Weston Timlow

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]

Elizabeth Weston Timlow
A white woman with hair parted center and dressed to crown; wearing a white dress with a wide ruffled neckline
BornJune 24, 1861
Rhinebeck, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 14, 1930(1930-06-14) (aged 68)
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, U.S.
Other namesE. Westyn Timlow
Occupation(s)Educator, writer

Early life and education edit

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]

Career edit

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]

Publications edit

  • Cricket (1895)
  • Cricket at the Seashore (1896)[15]
  • Eunice and Cricket (1897)[14]
  • Dorothy Dot (1898)[26]
  • A Nest of Girls; or, Boarding-School Days (1901)[27]
  • What Came to Winifred (1901)
  • April-Fool Twins (1909)
  • The Opportunity of the Teacher (1910)[28]
  • The Heart of Monadnock (1922)[16]
  • Living as a Fine Art (1930)

Personal life edit

Timlow died in 1930, at the age of 68, in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.

References edit

  1. ^ "New School for Girls; Cloverside Transplanted from Montclair to Scott Circle". The Washington Post. September 25, 1910. p. 3. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Obituary for Martha Fay Timlow". The Montclair Times. August 17, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Elizabeth Timlow". Book News Monthly. 20 (234): 502–503. February 1902.
  4. ^ Who's Who Among North American Authors. Golden Syndicate Publishing Company. 1925. p. 368.
  5. ^ a b Who's Who in the Nation's Capital. Consolidated Publishing Company. 1921. p. 392.
  6. ^ Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. American Commonwealth Company. 1914. pp. 817–818.
  7. ^ "Commencement at Cloverside School". The Montclair Times. June 9, 1906. p. 5. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ A Handbook of the Best Private Schools of the United States and Canada. P.E. Sargent. 1915. p. 142.
  9. ^ "Cloverside Commencement". The Montclair Times. June 12, 1909. p. 4. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "'The Heart of Monadnock'; Book by Miss Elizabeth Weston Timlow, Former Resident of Montclair". The Montclair Times. August 5, 1922. p. 16. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Exit Cloverside; The Misses Timlow to Transfer Their Work to Washington, D.C." The Montclair Times. May 1, 1909. p. 5. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Higher Education Has Serious Side". The Washington Herald. May 30, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Escaped War Zone by Quick Decision". The Washington Times. October 9, 1914. p. 6. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ a b Timlow, Elizabeth Weston (1897). Eunice and Cricket. Estes and Lauriat.
  15. ^ a b Timlow, Elizabeth Weston (1896). Cricket at the Seashore. Estes and Lauriat.
  16. ^ a b Timlow, Elizabeth Weston (1922). The Heart of Monadnock. Boston: B. J. Brimmer Company.
  17. ^ Keene, Erwin F. (February 1923). "Books of New Hampshire Interest". Granite Monthly. 55 (2): 91.
  18. ^ Daughters of the American Revolution (1892). Lineage Book. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Washington, D.C. : The Society ; Harrisburg, Pa. : Harrisburg Pub. Co. pp. 390–391 – via Internet Archive.
  19. ^ "Lecture for Mothers". The Washington Post. May 17, 1914. p. 11. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ Yoder, Florence E. (January 29, 1915). "Educational Expert Finds Vital Necessity for Revolution in Methods of the Public Schools". The Washington Times. p. 8. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Society Enjoys 'Deep Thought'". The Washington Herald. January 21, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Urges 'Y' Girls to Fix Definite Life Goal". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. February 22, 1930. p. 4. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "'Successful Living' Series at Y.W.C.A." The Brooklyn Citizen. February 1, 1930. p. 4. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "New Baha'i Centre". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 11, 1926. p. 10. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  25. ^ "Today's Radio Programs". The Burlington Free Press. March 29, 1926. p. 14. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ Timlow, Elizabeth Weston (1898). Dorothy Dot. The Library of Congress. New York : E.P. Dutton.
  27. ^ "A Nest of Girls ; Or, Boarding-School Days". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 U.S. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  28. ^ Timlow, Elizabeth Weston (1910). The Opportunity of the Teacher. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company.

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