Agnes Rothery

Agnes Rothery (1888–1954), or Agnes Edwards Rothery, was the pen name of American writer[1] Agnes (née Edwards) Pratt.[2] Primarily known as a travel writer,[3] she also published novels.[2]

For the Australian aboriginal craftwoman, see Agnes Edwards (craftworker).

Rothery died in 1954 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her papers are at the University of Virginia.[4]

Selected works
  • A fitting habitation, 1944
  • Family album, 1942
  • Miss Coolidge, a comedy in one act, 1927
  • Into what port?, illustrations by Carl Burger, 1931
  • Images of earth: Guatemala, 1934
  • Central American roundabout, illustrated by Kurt Wiese, 1944
  • Sweden, the land and the people, 1938
  • South America; the west coast and the east, 1930
  • Scandinavian roundabout, illustrated by George Gray, 1946
  • South American roundabout, illustrated by Carl Burger, 1940
  • Central America and the Spanish Main, 1929
  • Washington roundabout, illustrated by Carl Burger, 1942
  • Virginia, the new dominion, by Agnes Rothery, illustrated by E. H. Suydam, 1940
  • New roads in old Virginia, by Agnes Rothery; with illustrations by Alice Acheson, 1929
  • Cape Cod, 1918
  • A garden rosary, 1917
  • The house of friendship, 1915
  • Houses Virginians have loved. Illustrated with photos, 1954

References
  1. Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 56.
  2. Connecticut Historical Society Scrap Book (PDF). Vol. 48. Hartford, Connecticut: various. 1920–1921. p. 10.
  3. Federal Writers' Project (2013). The WPA Guide to Virginia: The Old Dominion State. Trinity University Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-59534-244-7.
  4. "Papers of Agnes Rothery, 1935–1942".
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