Alice Cooper Bailey (December 9, 1890 – February 1, 1978) was an American writer of children's books and articles for periodicals. She is best known for the books ''Katrina and Jan'' and ''Kimo''.
Early life and education
Bailey was born on December 9, 1890, in San Diego, California,
daughter of
Henry Ernest Cooper and Mary Ellen, née Porter.
Her family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, when she was a baby.
She attended
Wellesley College
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,
Oahu College
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, the
University of Hawaii
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, the
Boston Music Conservatory, and received a lifetime teaching diploma from the Honolulu Normal School.
Career
Bailey published seven books. Unpublished works included a children's history of Hawaii, to be called ''The Flying Umbrella'',
and the story of her father, a former judge, minister of Foreign Affairs, and first Secretary of the Territory of Hawaii.
She wrote short stories and articles for periodicals, including ''American Girl'', ''Child Life'', ''Story Parade'', and ''Travel''.
She was a member of the
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.
Personal life
Bailey married George William Bailey in 1913, and had three children.
She later separated from her husband, and lived in
Weston, Massachusetts
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. She died in
Concord, Massachusetts
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, on 1 February 1978.
Selected works
*Bailey, Alice Cooper, and Herman Rosse. ''Katrina and Jan''. New York:
P. F. Volland, 1923.
*Bailey, Alice Cooper. ''The Skating Gander''. New York: Wise-Parslow Co, 1927.
*Bailey, Alice Cooper, and
Lucille Webster Holling. ''Kimo''. New York, N.Y.: Wise-Parslow, 1928.
*Bailey, Alice Cooper, Loretta Phillips, and Prentice Phillips. ''Sun Gold: A Story of the Hawaiian Islands''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1930.
*Bailey, Alice Cooper. ''Footprints in the Dust''. New York: Longmans, Green, 1936.
*Bailey, Alice Cooper, and Yukio Tashiro. ''The Hawaiian Box Mystery''. New York: David McKay Co, 1962.
*Bailey, Alice Cooper. ''To Remember Robert Louis Stevenson''. New York: McKay, 1966.
References
External links
Alice Cooper Bailey Papers Special Collections at The University of Southern Mississippi (de Grummond Children's Literature Collection)
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20th-century American women writers
1890 births
1978 deaths
American children's writers