Alice Emma Cook Fuller (October 30, 1873 – September 30, 1956) was an American writer and educator.

Early life

Alice Emma Cook was born in

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and raised in

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, the daughter of Thomas G. Cook and Sarah J. Love Cook.

Career

Fuller was an educator and writer based in Colorado. She began teaching when she was a teenager, taught again in midlife, and was the elected superintendent of schools in

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from 1923 to 1931. She was president of the Fort Collins Writers Club. Later in her career, she moved to

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, and wrote a novel for children, ''Gold for the Grahams'' (1946), based on her own childhood in South Dakota.

Publications

In addition to her novel, Fuller wrote short stories, lesson ideas, and scripts for school and community group theatrical use, including adaptations of Dickens' ''

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'', Coppee's ''Little Jean's Christmas'', and

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's ''

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.'' Her works were published in professional and general interest journals including ''Philippine Education,'' ''

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,'' ''Primary Education,'' ''Primary Plans,'' ''Canadian Teacher,'' '' Table Talk,'' ''

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,'' and '' Pearson's.'' * "Flag Drill" (1898) * "Hoop Drill" (1902) * "Busy Work for First Grade Pupils" (1903) * "A Journalist, Pro Tem" (1909, short story) * "A Christmas Star Party" (1909) * "Patriotic Drill" (1910) * "Sunflower March for Sixteen Boys" (1910) * "A Menagerie Party for Boys" (1912) * "A Magazine Party" (1912) * "A Colonial Tea Party" (1912) * "Spring Blossoms" (1913) * "Coral" (1914) * ''Joy of the L V'' (1914) * ''Dramatized Stories, Myths, and Legends'' (1914, 1940) * "The Christmas Program" (1931) * ''Gold for the Grahams'' (1946, novel for young readers) * "But First I've Got to Do This" (1947, short story for young readers)

Personal life

Alice Cook married George Senter Fuller. He was a rancher and sheriff, and he rode with other cowboys in

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's inaugural parade in

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The Fullers had two daughters, Marion and Katheryn, and two sons, Norman and Theodore (who died young). Her husband died in 1924, and she died at a hospital in Berkeley in 1956, aged 82.

References

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