ROHLFS, Mrs. Anna Katharine Green
Anna Katharine Green, Rohlfs was born in Brooklyn, NY to James Wilson Green and Catharine Ann Whitney on November 11, 1846. She attended Ripley Female College (now Green Mountain College) in Poultney, VT, graduated in 1866 and moved back to NY to live with her extended family. Eventually, she got married to Charles Rohlfs, an actor and stove designer who later became an internationally acclaimed furniture designer on<span> November 25, 1884. Mrs. Rohlfs and her husband raised three children; a daughter, Rosamund, and two sons, Sterling and Roland in Buffalo, NY. </span><br /><br />Anna became a popular author and novelist. Her early poetic ambitions were bolstered by a meeting with Ralph Waldo Emerson. S<span>he was one of the first writers in the detective fiction genre, and Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Metta Victor were virtually her only predecessors in the writing of such fiction. Anna had the advantage of her <span>father, James Wilson Green's career having a major influence on her as he was an attorney who practiced in New York and was involved in many criminal cases</span>. Her most famous detective novels include her first novel, which has been regarded as the first American detective novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878) and Marked "Personal" (1893).</span> Other popular works of hers include, The Defense of the Bride and other poem<em>s</em>, Risifi’s Daughter <span>The Sword of Damocles" (1881), "Hand and Ring" (1883), "X. Y. Z." (1883), "A Strange Disappearance "(1885), "The Mill Mystery" (1886), "7 to 12" (1887), "Behind Closed Doors" (1888). "The Forsaken Inn" (1890). "A Matter of Millions" (1890), "The Old Stone House" (1891), "Cynthia Wakeham's Money" (1892). </span><br /><br /><br />She passed away on April 11, 1935 at her home in Buffalo. <br /><br /><br />
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MILLER, Mrs. Emily Huntington
Emily Huntington Miller was born in Brooklyn, Connecticut, on October 22, 1833. She was a writer from a young age, and she graduated from Oberlin College. <br /><br />In 1860, Emily married John E. Miller, whose career achievements included being a principal, a professor, and the publisher of <em>Little Corporal</em>, which later merged with <em>St. Nicholas</em>. Emily, John, and their children lived in Granville, Illinois, Plainfield, Illinois, Evanston, Illinois, and St. Paul, Minnesota. Emily wrote for and edited <em>Little Corporal</em>, and she contributed to newspapers and periodicals such as <em><a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/33" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harper's Magazine</a></em>,<em><a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Independent</a></em>, and <em>Our Young Folks</em>. A prolific author, Emily penned several books, including <em>The Royal Road to Fortune</em> (1869), <em>Hang Up the Baby's Stocking</em> (1870), <em>The Parish of Fair Haven</em> (1876), <em>What Tommy Did</em> (1876), <em>The Bears' Den</em> (1877), <em><a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4517754;view=1up;seq=9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Captain Fritz: His Friends and Adventures</a></em> (1877), <em>Summer Days at Kirkwood</em> (1877), <em>A Year at Riverside Farm</em> (1877), and <em>Little Neighbors</em> (1879). Also a lyricist, she wrote the words for <em><a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015096689339;view=1up;seq=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Only Four! Song and Chorus </a></em>(1868), by George F. Root. In addition to her literary career, she was involved with missionary and Sunday school work for the Methodist Episcopal Church. From its start in 1874, Emily was active in the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. She also was an early temperance advocate. <br /><br />After John's death in 1882, Emily continued her literary activity. She wrote for various periodicals, including <em><a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Atlantic Monthly</a></em> and <em>Ladies' Home Journal</em>,and published books of prose, poetry, and lyrics, including <em>Home Talks about the Word: For Mothers and Children</em> (1894), <em><a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t9285290d;view=1up;seq=7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Songs from the Nest </a></em>(1894), <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433066650940;view=1up;seq=7" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>From Avalon, and Other Poems</em> </a>(1896), and <em>An Offering of Thanks</em> (1899). <br /><br />Emily became president of the Woman's College of Northwestern University in 1891, and served as president of the Chautauqua Woman's Club for several years. <br /><br />She passed away on November 2, 1913.<em><br /><br /></em>
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