Evalena Fryer Hedley

Evalena Fryer Hedley (pen name, Grace Goodhouse; 1865–1943) was an American journalist, editor, and author of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In addition to serving on the editorial staff of The Saturday Evening Post, she contributed to leading journals and juvenile publications. Her compilation, Glimpses Through Life's Windows; selections from the writings of J. R. Miller, was published in 1932.

Early life and education Evalena I. Fryer was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, John Plummer and Mary (Goheen) Fryer. Hedley was a descendant of the Huguenot Vicomte Claude de Bessonett.

She was educated in the public schools, Hedley's club affiliations included the Philomusian, the City History, and the Women's City Club. Her interests included philanthropic work such as the Old Folks' Home and hospitals. librarian of the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia.

Evalena Fryer Hedley died in Philadelphia on July 6, 1943.

Selected works "A Modern Hero. Pathetic Story of an Irishman Who Went to His Loved Ones.", New York Independent, via The Wyandott Herald (Kansas City, Kansas, June 26, 1890) "Felix Birthday Party.", The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, Tennessee, May 31, 1896) (text) "Washington's English Coach. by Evalena I. Fryer.", Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California, February 23, 1898) (text) "The Crusade of the Children", The Household, via The Standard Union (Brooklyn, New York, March 4, 1899) (text) "How the States Were Named", The Epworth Herald, Volume 15, May 20, 1905 (text) Glimpses Through Life's Windows; selections from the writings of J. R. Miller (Philadelphia, The Peter Reilly Company, 1932)