Ola Elizabeth Winslow (January 5, 1885 in Grant City, Missouri – September 27, 1977 in Damariscotta, Maine) was an American historian, biographer, and educator. She won a

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in 1941 for her biography of

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, an 18th-century American theologian whose basic writings she edited for Signet Classics. Born in Grant City, Missouri, Winslow was an instructor at

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from 1909 to 1914, when she earned a master's degree from

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. She was professor of English at Goucher College in

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(1914–1944) and at

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(1944–1977, emeritus after 1950). Winslow earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1922 with a thesis that was later published as a book with the title ''Low Comedy as a Structural Element in English Drama from the Beginnings to 1642''. Winslow died in Maine at age 92.

Books

* ''Low Comedy as a Structural Element in English Drama from the Beginnings to 1642'' (Menasha, WI, 1926) – "originally presented as the author's thesis, University of Chicago, 1922""Low comedy as a structural element in English drama "
(1973 reprint). Library of Congress Catalog Record (LCC). Retrieved 2013-11-26. * ''Jonathan Edwards, 1703–1758: A Biography'' (Macmillan, 1940) – 1941

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* ''Meetinghouse Hill, 1630–1783'' (Macmillan, 1952) – about the Dorchester church and settlement, now in Boston * ''Master

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: a biography'' (Macmillan, 1957) * ''John Bunyan'' (Macmillan, 1961) – biography of John Bunyan * '' Samuel Sewall of Boston'' (Macmillan, 1964) * '' Portsmouth: the life of a town'' (Macmillan, 1966) * '' John Eliot, apostle to the Indians'' (Houghton Mifflin, 1968) * ''"And plead for the rights of all": Old South Church in Boston, 1669–1969'' (Boston: Nimrod, 1970) * ''A Destroying Angel: The Conquest of Smallpox in

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'' (Houghton Mifflin, 1974) ;As editor * ''Harper's Literary Museum'' (

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, 1927), compiled by Winslow –

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: American literature—Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775 – first of a series designed by George Boas, not continued – reissued as ''Harper's literary museum, a compendium of instructive, entertaining, and amusing matter, selected from early American writings'' (Arno, 1972) * ''American Broadside Verse from Imprints of the 17th & 18th Centuries'' (Yale University Press, 1930), selected and edited with an introduction by Winslow"American Broadside Verse "
(1974 edition). LCC record. Retrieved 2013-11-26. * ''Jonathan Edwards: basic writings'', selected and edited with a foreword by Winslow (New American Library, Signet Classics, 1966) * '' The Pilgrim's Progress: with a critical and biographical profile of the author by Ola Elizabeth Winslow'' (Grolier, The World's Great Classics, 1968), Grolier Edition of the 1820 classic by John Bunyan

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