Jeannie Blackburn Moran

Jeannie Blackburn Moran ( Blackburn; pen name Mrs. F. Berger Moran; 1842–1929) was an American author, community leader and socialite. A charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), and Colonial Dames of America (CDA), she was closely associated with social and patriotic organizations based in Virginia and Washington, D.C. Proceeds from the sale of her work, Miss Washington, of Virginia, were used for the benefit of the DAR's Memorial Continental Hall.

Early life Jane Wormley Blackburn (nickname, "Jeannie") was born on the Blackburn estate of "Spring Grove", (According to Appleton (1926), Jeannie Blackburn Moran was born on May 1, 1850.) and Sarah Anne Eleanor McGill (Thomas) Blackburn. and Delegate to the Monroe Convention, held in Richmond, Virginia, 1923. Other works by Moran included Twin Souls, which was pronounced by critics as a powerful message on the subject of Eugenics, and which was made into a film; Broken Idols; Children's Stories; Tom Dinkle's Visit to Santa Claus; Finding Aunt Nancy presented as a screenplay by Booth Tarkington;

Selected works Miss Washington, of Virginia. A semi-centennial love-story, 1893 (text) Little Buttercup Twin Souls, 1922 (text) Broken Idols Children's Stories Tom Dinkle's Visit to Santa Claus, 1921 Finding Aunt Nancy Nan Robbie Dog Rouser