Early life
Anna Balmer Myers was born October 11, 1884 in Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John B. and Lizzie Balmer Myers. After graduating from Manheim public schools she attended Drexel University.Anna Myers, Author and Poet Dies, Sunday News (Lancaster, PA), April 9, 1972, page 2 She taught at the Widener School for Crippled Children (now Widener Memorial School) inWriting life
Myers wrote about the Plain people of Lancaster County. Her first three novels were ''Patchwork: a Story of the Plain People'' (1920), ''Amanda: a Daughter of the Mennonites'' (1921), and ''The Madonna of the Curb'' (1922). Her published poetry collections were ''Rain on the Roof'' (1931) and ''Late Harvest''. In 1968, when she was 82 years old, Myers’ novel ''I Lift My Lamp'' was published. This final novel incorporated Balmer family history into the story of Henry William Stiegel and the founding of his glassworks in Manheim.Personal life
Myers was an expert on glassmaker Henry William Stiegel, and she gave lectures on Stiegel and his time period. In 1934 she was a member of the General Committee that helped erect a memorial to Stiegel in Manheim, Pennsylvania. She was a member of both the National Society Daughters of the American Colonists, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Myers died in Philadelphia on April 7, 1972. She is buried at Fairview Cemetery, Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Myers was the last member of her immediate family.References
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