Biography

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards was born February 27th, 1850, in Boston, MA, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others.

Her father was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an abolitionist and the founder of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind , famous for developing "finger spell", the form of sign language for the blind and deaf that was later taught to Helen Keller.

Julia Ward Howe, Laura's mother, was famous for writing the words to The Battle Hymn of the Republic

In 1871, she married Henry Richards .

In 1917, she won a Pulitzer Prize for Julia Ward Howe , a biography, which she co-authored with her sister, Maude Howe Elliott .

She died on January 14th, 1943.

Bibliography

• St. Nicholas (contributed poetry)
• Five Little Mice in a Mouse Trap (1880)
• The Little Tyrant (1880)
• Our Baby's Favorite and Sketches and Scraps (1880)
• Beauty and the Beast (retelling, 1886)
• Hop o' My Thumb (retelling, 1886)
• The Joyous Story of Toto (1885)
• Toto's Merry Winter (1887)
• Captain January (later made into a movie with Shirley Temple, 1890)
• Star Bright (Captain January sequel, 1927)
• The Hildegarde Series
  • Hildegarde's Neighbors (1889)
  • Hildegarde's Holiday (1891)
  • Hildegarde's Home (1892)
  • Hildegarde's Neighbors (1895)
  • Hildegarde's Harvest (1897)
• The Melody Series
  • Melody (1893)
  • Marie (1894)
  • Bethsada Pool (1895)
  • Rosin the Beau (1898)
• The Margaret Series
  • Three Margarets (1897)
  • Margaret Montfort (1898)
  • Peggy (1899)
  • Rita (1900)
  • Fernley House (1901)
  • The Merryweathers (1904)
• (1920)
• Honor Bright's New Adventure (1925)
• The Green Satin Gown
• Geoffrey Strong
• Biographies
  • (1909)
  • (1911)
  • Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 (1915)
  • (1928)
• (1932)
• What Shall the Children Read (1939)
• Laura E. Richards and Gardiner (a compilation of poems and articles, 1939)

References

Laura E. Richards Biography