Alice Wellington Rollins

Alice Wellington Rollins (June 12, 1847 – December 5, 1897), was an American writer whose output spanned essays, novels, stories, and children's poetry. She became known for a series of articles on the terrible conditions in New York tenements in the 1880s and for travel writing about the American West.

Family and education She was born Alice Wellington in Boston, Massachusetts; her father was Ambrose Wellington.