Margaret Ashmun

Margaret Ashmun
Born July 10, 1875[1]
Rural, Wisconsin
Died March 15, 1940(1940-03-15) (aged 64)[1]
West Springfield, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Occupation Writer, poet

Margaret Eliza Ashmun (July 10, 1875 - March 15, 1940) was an American writer from Rural, Wisconsin. She trained as a teacher and taught for a few years then concentrated on her writing. She edited collections of short stories and writing textbooks, and wrote dozens of poems, essays, and stories that were published in the popular magazines and newspapers of her day. She was the author of more than 18 novels for both adults and young readers, especially girls.[1]

Life

Margaret Ashmun was born in Rural, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, the daughter of Claude “Sam” Ashmun and Rachel Jane Smith. Jehudi Ashmun was Margaret’s great uncle. Margaret was a graduate of Stevens Point College and received her bachelor's degree at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1904 and her M.A. in 1908. She was the head of the English Department at Stout Institute, Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1904–06, and a member of the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin 1907-12. In 1912 she went to New York City to concentrate on her writing. Besides New York City, she lived in a number of other locations in the east including Northampton, Massachusetts, and Cos Cob, Connecticut. Throughout her life she kept up her home in Rural, spent some winters in Madison, and went abroad several times for considerable periods. In 1928 she adopted a little girl, whose death ten years later was a great shock and grief to her.[2] Margaret Ashmun died March 15, 1940 at the age of 65 in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

Awards

RR Donnelley Literary Award (2009) included Margaret Ashmun as a Notable Wisconsin Author, selected by The Literary Awards Committee of the Readers’ Section of the Wisconsin Library Association. A notice appears on the Cybrary Reviews blog.[3] Annual Margaret Ashmun Day is held in mid-June in the village of Rural, Wisconsin.

Works

Textbooks

Novels

Isabel Carleton Series (1916-1920), Reissued August 1927, November 1930, and September 1934

Nonfiction

Articles/Essays/Stories

Published Poems online

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 Obituary. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F60813FE3558127A93CAA81788D85F448485F9 New York Times, March 18, 1940, P. 17
  2. ↑ Margaret Ashmun: Wisconsin Author and Educator by Julia Grace Wales, Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and letters, Vol. 34, pp. 221-229. http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/transactions/WT1942/reference/wi.wt1942.jgwales.pdf
  3. ↑ "the Cybrary Reviews: Wisconsin Literary Awards". Cybraryreviews.blogspot.com. 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
  4. ↑ "TheLonelyLake-Macmillian-card | Margaret Ashmun's Poetry". Margaretashmunpoetry.com. 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
  5. ↑ Rustic Passion," review of The Lake, The New York Times, New York, 21 Sept. 1924, p. 17
  6. ↑ "The Bluestocking Poetess Who Hated Dr. Johnson" — Review of The Singing Swan by Margaret Ashmun, The New York Times, 24 May 1931,
  7. ↑ The New England Magazine September 1905, Volume XXXIII, Number 1, P. 70-72
  8. ↑ The New England Magazine October 1905, Volume XXXIII, Number 2, page 173-179
  9. ↑ The New York Times Magazine section, 16 April, 1916, Page SM9
  10. ↑ The American Journal of Psychology October 1908, Volume 19, Number 4, pp. 519-535,
  11. ↑ The School Review November 1909, Vol. 17, No. 9, pp. 618-622
  12. ↑ The School Review December 1909, Vol. 17, No. 10, pp. 701-704
  13. ↑ The School Review March 1910, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 196-199
  14. ↑ The School Review April 1910, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 270-273
  15. ↑ The New England Magazine December 1905, Volume XXXIII, Number 4, page 398-399
  16. ↑ The New England Magazine January 1906, Volume XXXIII, Number 5, page 541
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