Jane Agnes Stewart

Jane Agnes Stewart (August 16, 1860 – February 2, 1944) was an American author, editor, and contributor to periodicals. She was a special writer for many journals on subjects related to woman's, religious, educational, sociological, and reform movements. Stewart was a suffragist and temperance activist. She traveled to London, Edinburgh, and Paris as a delegate of world's reform and religious conventions.

Early life and education Jane Agnes Stewart was born in Boston, Massachusetts, August 16, 1860.

Ever since the death of Frances Willard, Stewart observed the anniversaries of the leader's death by writing articles for various periodicals on some phase of Willard's life and work. These appeared in the Christian Endeavor World and the Journal of Education, Boston; the School Journal and the Christian Intelligencer, New York; the Interior, Chicago; the Presbyterian Banner, Pittsburgh; Little Folks, the Boston Transcript, and the Philadelphia Record. These sketches, with some others, were brought together in The Frances Willard Book. Stewart was also the author of The Kindergarten, What Is It?; The Christmas Book; Birthday Calendar Suffrage Women; and Birthday Calendar Temperance Women.

Selected works

Books The Frances Willard Book (1906) The Christmas Book (1908) Peace on Earth (1914) I Have Recalled: A Pen-panorama of a Life (1938) Frances E. Willard: A Great Teacher (with Lillian M. N. Stevens, between 1898 and 1925) The Girl from Ohio: One of Frances Willard's Girls (1939)

Articles "The Kindergarten, What Is It?" "Women Deans of Women's Colleges" (1902)