Ella A. Bigelow
Ella A. Bigelow (May 21, 1849 – October 23, 1917) was an American author, historian, and clubwoman. Among her publications were ''Prize Quotations'' (Marlboro, 1887), ''Venice'' (Marlboro, 1890), ''Old Masters of Art'' (Buffalo, 1888), and ''Letters upon Greece'' (Marlboro, 1891). Containing 124 watercolors commissioned by Bigelow, her ''Historical Reminiscences of the Early Times in Marlborough, Massachusetts'' (1910), is described in ''The Boston Globe'' (1999) as "the best source we have for Marlborough, Massachusetts, Marlborough history before 1910". Early life and education Ella Augusta Fisher was born in Malden, Massachusetts, May 21, 1849. Her father, Lewis Fisher, and mother, Ruth Benchley, were both of English descent. For many years, her home was in the town of Milford, Massachusetts. Her parents being in financially good circumstances, she received a good education. Developing a taste for music, she was placed with teachers in Boston. As a church singer, she was wel ...
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A Woman Of The Century
A, or a, is the first Letter (alphabet), letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''a'' (pronounced ), plural English alphabet#Letter names, ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Greek alphabet#History, Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The Letter case, uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, "English articles, a", and its variant "English articles#Indefinite article, an", are Article (grammar)#Indefinite article, indefinite arti ...
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