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Mary Hallock Foote
American novelist
Mary Hallock Foote | |
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Mary Hallock Foote (c.1874) | |
| Born | (1847-11-09)November 9, 1847 Milton, New York |
| Died | June 25, 1938(1938-06-25) (aged 90) Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Writer, Illustrator |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Cooper Institute School of Design for Women |
| Spouse | Arthur De Wint Foote (m. 1876) |
Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938) was an American author and illustrator.
She is best known for her illustrated short stories and novels portraying life in the mining communities of the turn-of-the-century American West.
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Biography
Overview
Mary Hallock was born November 9, 1847, in Milton, New York, of English Quaker ancestry. A singular girl and youth, she attended the Female Collegiate Seminary in Poughkeepsie, New York, then studied art in New York City at the new Cooper Institute School of Design for Women.
By her early twenties she had become Mary Hallock Foote - The North Star House NIHIQ