Laura E. Richards

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
Born (1850-02-27)February 27, 1850
74 Mount Vernon Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Died January 14, 1943(1943-01-14) (aged 92)
Gardiner, Maine
Notable awards 1917 Pulitzer Prize
Spouse Henry Richards
Children 7 (Alice Maud, Rosalind, Henry Howe, Julia Ward, Maud, John, Laura Elizabeth)
Relatives

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She wrote more than 90 books including biographies, poetry, and several for children. One well-known children's poem is her literary nonsense verse "Eletelephony", which is adapted into an animated segment (Vowel Letter Poem: E - Elephant) produced by Jeff Hale, and his animation studio, Imagination, Inc., for the television show Sesame Street.

Biography

Laura Elizabeth Howe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 27, 1850. Her father was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an abolitionist and the founder of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind.[1] She was named after his famous deaf-blind pupil Laura Bridgman.[2] Her mother Julia Ward Howe wrote the words to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".

In 1871 Laura married Henry Richards. He would accept a management position in 1876 at his family's paper mill at Gardiner, Maine, where the couple moved with their three children. In 1917 Laura won a Pulitzer Prize for Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, a biography, which she co-authored with her sister, Maud Howe Elliott.

She died on January 14, 1943.

Legacy

A pre-kindergarten to second grade elementary school in Gardiner, Maine bears her name. Her children's book Tirra Lirra won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1959. Her home in Gardiner, the Laura Richards House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Works

Richards contributed poetry to St. Nicholas Magazine.

Biographies

Other books

References

  1. ↑ "Mrs. Richards Is 90. Daughter of Julia Ward Howe Honored in Maine". New York Times. Associated Press. February 28, 1940. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  2. ↑ Trent, James W. (2012). The Manliest Man: Samuel G. Howe and the Contours of Nineteenth-century American Reform. University of Massachusetts Press. p. 180. ISBN 1558499598.
  3. ↑ archive.org
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