Harriet Lummis Smith
Harriet Lummis Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 29, 1866 |
| Died | May 9, 1947 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | Writer (novelist) |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 20th century |
| Genre | Romance, Pollyanna |
| Spouse |
William M. Smith (m. 1905) |
Harriet Lummis Smith (November 29, 1866 – May 9, 1947) was an American novelist.
Early life and education
Harriet Lummis was born in Auburndale, Massachusetts, on November 29, 1866. Her father, Henry Lummis, was a clergyman. Her mother was Jennie Brewster.[1] Smith had a half-brother, Charles Fletcher Lummis, by a previous marriage of her father. Her parents moved to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where her father accepted a teaching post at Lawrence College. She attended the University of Wisconsin and graduated in 1889.
Career
Lummis Smith began her career as a high school teacher. She published her first short story, "Matilda's Good Impression," in Youth's Companion in 1906 and began writing full time after a publisher said she was "wasting her time teaching."[2] Her stories were published in national magazines and widely distributed through newspaper syndicates.[3] Her first novel, Peggy Raymond's Success; or the Girls of Friendly Terrace (1912) became a popular series and led to her being tapped to continue the Pollyanna series by Eleanor Porter after Porter's death in 1920.
She was a member of the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore and was made president in 1915.[2] She married William M. Smith in 1905. She lived in Chicago, Baltimore and eventually Philadelphia, where she died in 1947.[4]
Works
- Peggy Raymond's Success; or, The Girls Of Friendly Terrace (1912)[5]
- Peggy Raymond's Vacation; or, Friendly Terrace Transplanted (1913)[6]
- Polly and the Milk Route (1913)[6]
- Peggy Raymond's School Days; or, Old Girls And New (1916)[6]
- Other People's Business: The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale (1916)[5]
- Peggy Raymond At 'The Poplars' (1920)[5]
- The Friendly Terrace Quartette (1920)[6]
- Agatha's Aunt (1920)[5]
- Peggy Raymond's Way; or, Blossom Time At Friendly Terrace (1922)[5]
- Pollyanna Of The Orange Blossoms (1924)[6]
- Pollyanna's Jewels (1925)[6]
- The Uncertain Glory (1926)[6]
- Pollyanna's Debt Of Honor (1927)[6]
- Pat And Pal (1928)[6]
- Pollyanna's Western Adventure (1929)[6]
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Births, 1841–1915". Massachusetts Archives, Boston. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
- ^ a b Flink, Jonathan (February 25, 2018). "Harriet L. Smith: A "Conspicuous Woman Writer"". The Aperio log: Reading Women, Writing Women in Baltimore, 1890-1920.
- ^ Cole, Jean Lee. "Browse". The Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore Archive. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
- ^ Who Was Who in America. Vol. 2. Chicago, U.S.: The A. N. Marquis Co. 1950. p. 495.
- ^ a b c d e "Harriet L. Smith (Smith, Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis)) | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-13.