About Frances Hodges White
Lived 1866 – 1954 (aged 87). Frances Hodges White was an American writer and children's writer.
Frances Hodges White (born Nellie Frances Hodges, June 18, 1866 – February 4, 1954) was an American writer of children's books.
Biography She was born and raised in Washington, Maine to William Hodge Jr. and Caroline Merrill Hodge. She attended Emerson College.
She was most known for her children's books Helena's Wonderworld (1900), Aunt Nabby's Children (1901), and Captain Jinks: The Autobiography of a Shetland Pony (1909), all published by L.C. Page & Company.
White lived in Lynn, Massachusetts. She moved to Oak Park, Illinois and she owned Pine Knoll Camp in Conway, New Hampshire.
Frances Hodges White died on February 4, 1954, in Oak Park. She was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Peekskill.
Goldenrod Library
Source: Helena's Wonderworld. Illustrated by Charles A. Laurence and Ernest L. Proctor. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1900. Aunt Nabby's Children. Illustrated by Wallace Goldsmith. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1901.
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