Frances Nimmo Greene | |
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| Born | April 5, 1867 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | December 9, 1937 (aged 70) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Nickname | "Dixie" |
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| Alma mater | Tuscaloosa Female College |
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| Notable works | The Right of the Strongest |
| Relatives | Annie Greene Brown (sister) |
Frances Nimmo Greene (April 5, 1867 – December 9, 1937) was an American educator and author of Southern literature including novels, children's literature, and plays.[1] She was the author of: King Arthur and his court, 1901, stories of chivalry for children; With spurs of gold, 1905, stories of chivalry for children written in collaboration with Dolly Kirk; My country's voice, 1917, for juveniles; America first, 1917, for juveniles; American ideals; a series of patriotic readers for children; a group of one act plays; and the following novels, Into the night, 1909; The Right of the Strongest, 1913; One clear call, 1914; and The devil to pay, 1917.[2]
Three of her novels were adapted into films, The Devil to Pay (1920), One Clear Call (1922), and The Right of the Strongest (1924).[3] She also wrote more than 50 short stories which were published in newspapers and magazines of national repute.[4][5] In addition, Greene organized the library division of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History.[6]
- ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "GREENE, Miss Frances Nimmo". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. p. 337. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
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- ^ Baker, Gladys (May 1, 1927). "Szold Will Act As Director; Colony To Begin With Six-Week Session". The Birmingham News. p. 27. Retrieved October 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. American Commonwealth Company. 1914. p. 342. Retrieved October 24, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1909). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits ... American Publishers' Association. p. 643. Retrieved October 25, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
