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Bess Streeter Aldrich, (l88l-l954)Death date: August 3, l954Category: Author Contribution to State: Stories with Nebraska settings Years in Nebraska: l909-54 National contribution: Author of thirteen major novels, 200 short stories. Born and educated in Iowa, Author Bess Streeter Aldrich was a teacher in Iowa and Utah schools before she and her husband, Charles S. Aldrich, moved to Elmwood, Nebraska in l909. Elmwood was her home until l946 when she moved into Lincoln. From l9ll through l9l8 she wrote under a pen name, Margaret Dean Stevens; thereafter she wrote under her own name. Her first novel, Mother Mason, was published in l924. She was the author of about 200 short stories and thirteen novels, including Miss Bishop, which was made into a motion picture, that premiered in Lincoln in l94l. Aldrich received an honorary degree in literature from the University of Nebraska in l934 and was named into the Nebraska Hall of Fame in l973. She died in Lincoln on August 3, l954. |
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