Helen Aldrich De Kroyft

Susan Helen Aldrich De Kroyft (, Aldrich; October 29, 1818 – October 1915) was an American author. Becoming blind less than a month after being widowed, for the next 48 years, De Kroyft traveled and wrote books. Principally her own publisher, the work that she prepared was dictated to a companion.

Early life and education Helen Aldrich was born in Rochester, New York, on October 29, 1818. She was the daughter of Obed and Melintha Hart (Potter) Aldrich, and was the oldest in a family of twelve children.

In religion, De Kroyft identified as Episcopalian. She was an honorary member of the Shakespeare Club in New York City.

Death and legacy De Kroyft resided in Dansvllle, New York, and died there in October 1915. The Helen Aldrich De Kroyft papers are held by the University of Rochester.

Selected works A Place In Thy Memory, 1849 The Story of Little Jakey, 1871 Darwin and Moses, 1875 Mortara, 1888 The Foreshadowed Way, 1901 The Soul of Eve, 1904