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Sarah Barnwell Elliott (November 29, 1848 – August 30, 1928) was an American novelist, short story writer, and an advocate of
*''After long years'' Youth's Companion (April 23, 1903)
*''As a Little Child'' Independent December 8, 1887)
*''Baldy'' Harper's Magazine (February 1899)
*''Beside Still Waters'' Youth's Companion (August 9, 1900)
*''An Ex-Brigadier'' Harper's Magazine (May 1890)
*''Faith and Faithfulness'' Harper's Magazine (October 1896)
*''Florentine Idyl'' Independent (February 2, 1888)
*''Hands All Round'' Book News (September 1898)
*''Hybrid Roses'' Harper's Magazine (August 1906)
*''An Idle Man'' Independent (June 9, 1887)
*''An Incident'' Harper's Magazine (February 1898)
*''Jack Watson—A Character Study'' Current (September 11, 1886)
*''Jim’s Victory'' Book News (October 1897)
*''The Last Flash'' Scribner's Magazine (June 1915)
*''A Little Child Shall Lead Them'' Youth's Companion (December 18, 1902)
*''Miss Ann’s Victory'' Harper's Bazaar (April 9, 1898)
*''Miss Eliza'' Independent (March 24, 1887)
*''Miss Maria’s Revival'' Harper's Magazine (August 1896)
*''Mrs. Gallyhaw’s Candy-stew'' Louisville Courier-Journal (January–February 1887). This was a short story published in five weekly installments.
*''Old Mrs. Dally’s Lesson'' Youth's Companion (December 29, 1904)
*''The Opening of the Southwestern Door'' Youth's Companion (February 28, 1907)
*''Progress'' McClure's Magazine (November 1899)
*''Readjustments'' Harper's Magazine (May 1910)
*''Some Remnants'' Youth's Companion (April 18, 1901)
*''Squire Kayley’s Conclusions'' Scribner's Magazine (December 1897)
*''Stephen’s Margaret'' Independent (July 5, 1888)
*''Study of Song in Florence'' Harper's Magazine (March 1902)
*''What Polly Knew'' Smart Set (February 1903)
*''Without the Courts'' Harper's Magazine (March 1899)
*''The Wreck'' Youth's Companion (December 19, 1907)
Sandra L. Ballard, Patricia L. Hudson - ''Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia''
Sarah Barnwell Elliott (November 29, 1848 – August 30, 1928) was an American novelist, short story writer, and an advocate of women's rights
Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countr ...
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Elliott was born in Montpelier, Georgia, to Stephen Elliott a bishop in the Episcopal Church who was the founder of the Montpelier Female Institute and later one of the founders of the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee. Her brother Robert Woodward Barnwell Elliott
Robert Woodward Barnwell Elliott (August 16, 1840 – August 26, 1887) was the first Missionary Bishop (1874–1887) of what was then the Missionary District of Western Texas in the Episcopal Church.
Family and Early Life
Elliott was born on Augu ...
was the first Bishop of the Missionary Jurisdiction of Western Texas, Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. She received private tutoring and attended classes at Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consiste ...
in 1886. She moved to Sewanee in 1871 and other than living in New York City
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from 1895 to 1902, she was on the Mountain the remainder of her life. Her novels included ''The Felmeres'' (1879), ''A Simple Heart'' (1887), ''Jerry'' (1891), and ''The Making of Jane'' (1901). Elliott became active in the women's suffrage movement and served as president of the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association from 1912-1914. She died in 1928.
Bibliography
Novels
*''The Felmeres'' (1879) *''A Simple Heart'' (1887) *''Jerry'' (1891) *''John Paget'' (1893) *''The Durket Sperret'' (1898) *''The Making of Jane'' (1901)Non-fiction
*''Sam Houston'' (1900)Short stories
*''After long years'' Youth's Companion (April 23, 1903)
*''As a Little Child'' Independent December 8, 1887)
*''Baldy'' Harper's Magazine (February 1899)
*''Beside Still Waters'' Youth's Companion (August 9, 1900)
*''An Ex-Brigadier'' Harper's Magazine (May 1890)
*''Faith and Faithfulness'' Harper's Magazine (October 1896)
*''Florentine Idyl'' Independent (February 2, 1888)
*''Hands All Round'' Book News (September 1898)
*''Hybrid Roses'' Harper's Magazine (August 1906)
*''An Idle Man'' Independent (June 9, 1887)
*''An Incident'' Harper's Magazine (February 1898)
*''Jack Watson—A Character Study'' Current (September 11, 1886)
*''Jim’s Victory'' Book News (October 1897)
*''The Last Flash'' Scribner's Magazine (June 1915)
*''A Little Child Shall Lead Them'' Youth's Companion (December 18, 1902)
*''Miss Ann’s Victory'' Harper's Bazaar (April 9, 1898)
*''Miss Eliza'' Independent (March 24, 1887)
*''Miss Maria’s Revival'' Harper's Magazine (August 1896)
*''Mrs. Gallyhaw’s Candy-stew'' Louisville Courier-Journal (January–February 1887). This was a short story published in five weekly installments.
*''Old Mrs. Dally’s Lesson'' Youth's Companion (December 29, 1904)
*''The Opening of the Southwestern Door'' Youth's Companion (February 28, 1907)
*''Progress'' McClure's Magazine (November 1899)
*''Readjustments'' Harper's Magazine (May 1910)
*''Some Remnants'' Youth's Companion (April 18, 1901)
*''Squire Kayley’s Conclusions'' Scribner's Magazine (December 1897)
*''Stephen’s Margaret'' Independent (July 5, 1888)
*''Study of Song in Florence'' Harper's Magazine (March 1902)
*''What Polly Knew'' Smart Set (February 1903)
*''Without the Courts'' Harper's Magazine (March 1899)
*''The Wreck'' Youth's Companion (December 19, 1907)
Essays
*''Ibsen'' Sewanee Review (January 1907) *''A Race That Lives in Mountain Coves'' Ladies’ Home Journal (September 1898) *''Spirit of the Nineteenth Century in Fiction'' Outlook (January 19, 1901) *''A Study of Woman and Civilization'' Forensic Quarterly Review (February 1910)References
Sources
Sandra L. Ballard, Patricia L. Hudson - ''Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia''
External links
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elliot, Sarah 1848 births 1928 deaths Writers from Savannah, Georgia 19th-century American novelists American women novelists 19th-century American women writers Novelists from Georgia (U.S. state)