Esther Saville Allen

Esther Saville Allen (née, Saville; pen names, Winnie Woodbine, Etta Saville, Mrs. S. R. Allen; December 11, 1837 - July 16, 1913) was an American author of the long nineteenth century. In her day, Allen was probably the author of more works, both in prose and verse, than any other woman in Arkansas.[1] She died in 1913.

Esther Saville Allen
"A Woman of the Century"
"A Woman of the Century"
BornEsther Saville
December 11, 1837
Honeoye, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 16, 1913(1913-07-16) (aged 75)
Resting placeLittle Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Pen nameWinnie Woodbine, Etta Saville, Mrs. S. R. Allen
NicknameEtta
Occupationauthor
Spouse
Samuel R. Allen
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(m. 1859)​

Biography

Esther (nickname, "Etta") Saville was born in Honeoye, New York on December 11, 1837. Her parents were Joseph and Esther Redfern Saville, both from England. Her father contributed to British journals of his time. Before Esther Saville was ten years old, she made her first public effort in a poem, which was published. At the age of 12 years, she wrote for Morris and Willis a poem which they published in the "Home Journal." While studying in Western New York and Rushford, New York, she wrote and published many poems under the pen-name, "Winnie Woodbine."[1]

She became a teacher in the public schools of western New York and continued to write for eastern papers, assuming her proper name, "Etta Saville." She moved to Illinois in 1857 and she taught in public schools there until she married in 1859. After her marriage to Samuel R. Allen, a lawyer in Erie, Illinois, all her literary productions appeared under the name of "Mrs. S. R. Allen." In 1872, she removed to Little Rock, Arkansas. Much of her work has been widely copied and recopied. Devoted to charity, organized and practical, her writings in that cause promoted the institution and development of useful work, or revived and reinvigorated it.[1]

She died at Little Rock, Arkansas, July 16, 1913, and was buried next to her husband in the Little Rock National Cemetery. At the time, she was the only woman to be buried in the local National Cemetery.[2]

Selected works

Poems
  • "The Home Coming"[3]
  • "Home Again", 1908[4]

Short stories
  • "The French School"[5]

References
  1. Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 19-20.
  2. "OBITUARY. MRS. ETTA S. ALLEN CLAIMED BY DEATH". Daily Arkansas Gazette. 17 July 1913. p. 9. Retrieved 28 August 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Gilbert, Helen Josephine White (1910). "GREAT CELEBRATIONS. THE HOME COMING.". Rushford and Rushford People. H.J.W. Gilbert. p. 498. Retrieved 22 January 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. The Rushford Centennial, August 16-21, 1908: With Data and Reminiscences. The Committee. 1908. p. 193. Retrieved 27 August 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Godey, Louis Antoine; Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell (1876). "THE FRENCH SCHOOL. BY WINNIE WOODBINE.". Godey's Magazine. Godey Company. p. 550. Retrieved 22 January 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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