Catherine Pickens Upson Clark (February 22, 1851
[ – February 18, 1935) was an American writer. She wrote articles for '']Godey's Lady's Book
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'', ''Atlantic Monthly
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'', ''Christian Herald
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'', and ''Harper's Magazine
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''. She was an editor of the ''Springfield Republican
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'', '' Good Cheer Magazine'', and later the ''New York Evening Post
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''. She published several books, short stories, and one novel.[
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Biography
She was born in Camden, Alabama[ in 1851 to Edwin Upson and Priscilla Maxwell. She was raised in ]Charlemont, Massachusetts
Charlemont is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,185 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Charlemont was first colonized by Moses R ...
and she graduated from Wheaton Female Seminary
Wheaton College is a private liberal arts college in Norton, Massachusetts. Wheaton was founded in 1834 as a female seminary. The trustees officially changed the name of the Wheaton Female Seminary to Wheaton College in 1912 after receiving a ...
in Norton, Massachusetts
Norton is a New England town, town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, and contains the villages of Norton Center, Massachusetts, Norton Center and Chartley, Massachusetts, Chartley. The population was ...
in 1869. In 1874 she married Edward Perkins Clark, and they had three sons, Charles Upson Clark
Charles Upson Clark (1875–1960) was a professor of history at Columbia University. He discovered the Barberini Codex, the earliest Aztec writings on herbal medicines extant.
Biography
Clark was born in 1875 to Edward Perkins Clark and Cat ...
, John Kirkland Clark and George Maxwell Clark.
Selected works
*''That Mary Ann: the Story of a Country Summer'' (Boston: D. Lothrop Co., 1893, illustrated by M. L. Kirk)[''The Publishers' Weekly'', September 30, 1893, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oAMDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA497 p. 497]]
Additional Information
Kate Upson Clark Papers, 1851-1935Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College.
References
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1851 births
1935 deaths
People from Camden, Alabama
People from Charlemont, Massachusetts