CARRIE RENFREW A woman of the century (page 614 crop)

Carolyn "Carrie" Renfrew (c. 1858 – July 6, 1948) was a well-regarded American author from

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. Renfrew was born in

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about 1858 to Silvester and Mercy Clark Renfrew, and moved to Nebraska with her family as a child. She began contributing to publications including the '' Chicago Inter Ocean'' in 1885.American women: fifteen hundred biographies with over 1,400 portraits
p. 604 (1897) Her works include ''Songs of Hope'' (book of poems 1923); ''The Last of the Strozzi and The Lure'' (poetic plays 1923), ''Footprints Across the Prairie'' (novel, 1930), ''My Garden'' (poem collection, 1933), and ''John Golding's Vision'' (1938).
p. 997 (1932)Carrie Renfrew
''The Magazine of Poetry'', Vol. II, No. 2, p. 198 (April 1890)(15 January 1939). More or Less Personal, ''Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star'', Section D, p. 4, col. 3 (paragraph on release of new novel) Though not broadly known, Renfrew was one of the most prominent persons from Hastings, being listed as a resident of the town in the 1930s

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volume on Nebraska,Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State
p. 169 (1939) and being the subject of biographical entries in the 1932 volume ''Nebraskana'', and the 1890s ''American Women'' compilation, to which she contributed entries on Nebraska citizens. Renfrew died in Hastings on July 6, 1948, survived by her brother Herman and sister Jennie Babcock.(7 July 1948). Carolyn Renfrew, State Writer, Dies. ''Lincoln Evening Journal'', p. 1, col. 2

Bibliography

* ''Songs of Hope'' (1923, poetry) * ''The Last of the Strozzi and The Lure'' (1923, two plays in one volume) * ''Footprints Across the Prairie'' (Burton Publishing, 1930, first novel)(5 July 1930). A First Novel Treats of Nebraska Settlers, ''Kansas City Star'', p. 4, col. 4 * ''My Garden'' (1933, poetry) * ''John Golding's Vision'' (1938, novel) * ''Plays: A Collection of Six Poetic Dramas'' (Burton Publishing, 1943)

References

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