Annie Russell Marble

Annie Russell Marble (August 10, 1864 – November 23, 1936) was an American essayist, whose work dealt with early American historical figures, authors of the Transcendental movement, some of whom she knew personally, and commentary on literature in general.

Biography

Early life, education, and family Born Annie Maria Russell, she was the daughter of Isaiah Dunster Russell and Nancy Wentworth Russell. She graduated from Worcester High School in 1882. In 1886 she received her A.B. from Smith College and in 1895 her M.A. from the same institution.

Early working life In 1895 Marble became a trustee for the Home for Aged Women in Worcester, and also began an association with the Trade School for Girls in Worcester.

Literary career Marble's career in literature, history, and essays began in 1897 with publication of an edition of Thomas Carlyle’s On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History, which she edited, with notes and introduction.

This had been preceded by a couple of magazine articles, and in addition to the books noted below, she was also a prolific author of essays on early American History and Literature and published a number of calendars and almanacs with a literary theme. Gura, however, is mistaken; the Brook Farm community disbanded in 1847, nearly twenty years before Mrs. Marble was born.

Mrs. Marble has also been cited as an early critic of comic strips.

Other Mrs. Marble was in the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Mrs. Marble left a collection of 54 letters from noteworthy literary figures such as Willa Cather, Julia Ward Howe, and Jane Goodwin Austin.