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Elizabeth Weston Timlow
A white woman with hair parted center and dressed to crown; wearing a white dress with a wide ruffled neckline
BornJune 24, 1861
Rhinebeck, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 14, 1930(1930-06-14) (aged 68)
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, U.S.
Other namesE. Westyn Timlow
Occupation(s)Educator, writer

Elizabeth Weston Timlow (June 24, 1861 – June 14, 1930), also written as Elizabeth Westyn Timlow, was an American educator and writer. She wrote seven children's books, and was principal of Cloverside, a girls' boarding school in New Jersey and later in Washington, D.C.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Timlow was born in Rhinebeck, New York, the daughter of Heman Rowlee Timlow and Martha Fay Bigelow Timlow.[2] Her father was an Episcopal clergyman.[3] She attended Wellesley College and Cornell University.[4][5]

Career[edit]

In 1894, Timlow and her sisters started a girls' boarding school named Cloverside in Montclair, New Jersey,[6][7] after their father's death left them in need of an income.[3] Elizabeth Timlow was the school's principal.[8][9]

They moved the Cloverside school to Washington, D.C., in 1909.[10][11] She and Florence Breed Khan addressed the graduating class in 1913.[12]

She was traveling in Germany with five students in summer 1914, when German mobilization for World War I began, and she had to guide the party of girls to safety.[13]

They closed the school in 1918.[5]

Timlow also wrote books, beginning with a series of children's books published in the 1890s, Cricket, Cricket at the Seashore, and Eunice and Cricket.[14][15] Further writing for children followed; she also wrote books for general readership, including one about Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire.[16] "Never have I ever read a finer or grander description of a thunderstorm," wrote one reviewer of Timlow's The Heart of Monadnock.[17]

Timlow was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution[18] and active in the Parent Teacher Association in Washington.[19] She advocated smaller class sizes, older teachers, and teaching more study skills than "miscellaneous knowledge."[20] She gave presentations on education and psychology for women's clubs[21] and other community groups,[22][23][24] and on radio programs.[25]

Publications[edit]

  • Cricket (1895)
  • Cricket at the Seashore (1896)[15]
  • Eunice and Cricket (1897)[14]
  • Dorothy Dot (1898)[26]
  • A Nest of Girls; or, Boarding-School Days (1901)[27]
  • What Came to Winifred (1901)
  • April-Fool Twins (1909)
  • The Opportunity of the Teacher (1910)[28]
  • The Heart of Monadnock (1922)[16]
  • Living as a Fine Art (1930)

Personal life[edit]

Timlow died in 1930, at the age of 68, in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New School for Girls; Cloverside Transplanted from Montclair to Scott Circle". The Washington Post. September 25, 1910. p. 3. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Obituary for Martha Fay Timlow". The Montclair Times. August 17, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Elizabeth Timlow". Book News Monthly. 20 (234): 502–503. February 1902.
  4. ^ Who's Who Among North American Authors. Golden Syndicate Publishing Company. 1925. p. 368.
  5. ^ a b Who's Who in the Nation's Capital. Consolidated Publishing Company. 1921. p. 392.
  6. ^ Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. American Commonwealth Company. 1914. pp. 817–818.
  7. ^ "Commencement at Cloverside School". The Montclair Times. June 9, 1906. p. 5. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ A Handbook of the Best Private Schools of the United States and Canada. P.E. Sargent. 1915. p. 142.
  9. ^ "Cloverside Commencement". The Montclair Times. June 12, 1909. p. 4. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "'The Heart of Monadnock'; Book by Miss Elizabeth Weston Timlow, Former Resident of Montclair". The Montclair Times. August 5, 1922. p. 16. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Exit Cloverside; The Misses Timlow to Transfer Their Work to Washington, D.C." The Montclair Times. May 1, 1909. p. 5. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Higher Education Has Serious Side". The Washington Herald. May 30, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Escaped War Zone by Quick Decision". The Washington Times. October 9, 1914. p. 6. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ a b Timlow, Elizabeth Weston (1897). Eunice and Cricket. Estes and Lauriat.
  15. ^ a b Timlow, Elizabeth Weston (1896). Cricket at the Seashore. Estes and Lauriat.
  16. ^ a b Timlow, Elizabeth Weston (1922). The Heart of Monadnock. Boston: B. J. Brimmer Company.
  17. ^ Keene, Erwin F. (February 1923). "Books of New Hampshire Interest". Granite Monthly. 55 (2): 91.
  18. ^ Daughters of the American Revolution (1892). Lineage Book. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Washington, D.C. : The Society ; Harrisburg, Pa. : Harrisburg Pub. Co. pp. 390–391 – via Internet Archive.
  19. ^ "Lecture for Mothers". The Washington Post. May 17, 1914. p. 11. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ Yoder, Florence E. (January 29, 1915). "Educational Expert Finds Vital Necessity for Revolution in Methods of the Public Schools". The Washington Times. p. 8. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Society Enjoys 'Deep Thought'". The Washington Herald. January 21, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Urges 'Y' Girls to Fix Definite Life Goal". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. February 22, 1930. p. 4. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "'Successful Living' Series at Y.W.C.A." The Brooklyn Citizen. February 1, 1930. p. 4. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "New Baha'i Centre". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 11, 1926. p. 10. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  25. ^ "Today's Radio Programs". The Burlington Free Press. March 29, 1926. p. 14. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ Timlow, Elizabeth Weston (1898). Dorothy Dot. The Library of Congress. New York : E.P. Dutton.
  27. ^ "A Nest of Girls ; Or, Boarding-School Days". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 U.S. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  28. ^ Timlow, Elizabeth Weston (1910). The Opportunity of the Teacher. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company.

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