Elizabeth Weston Timlow Explained
Elizabeth Weston Timlow (June 24, 1861 – June 14, 1930), also written as Elizabeth Westyn Timlow, was an American educator and writer. She wrote seven children's books, and was principal of Cloverside, a girls' boarding school in New Jersey and later in Washington, D.C.[1]
Early life and education
Timlow was born in Rhinebeck, New York, the daughter of Heman Rowlee Timlow and Martha Fay Bigelow Timlow.[2] Her father was an Episcopal clergyman.[3] She attended Wellesley College and Cornell University.[4] [5]
Career
In 1894, Timlow and her sisters started a girls' boarding school named Cloverside in Montclair, New Jersey,[6] [7] after their father's death left them in need of an income. Elizabeth Timlow was the school's principal.[8] [9]
They moved the Cloverside school to Washington, D.C., in 1909.[10] [11] She and Florence Breed Khan addressed the graduating class in 1913.[12]
She was traveling in Germany with five students in summer 1914, when German mobilization for World War I began, and she had to guide the party of girls to safety.[13]
They closed the school in 1918.
Timlow also wrote books, beginning with a series of children's books published in the 1890s, Cricket, Cricket at the Seashore, and Eunice and Cricket.[14] [15] Further writing for children followed; she also wrote books for general readership, including one about Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire.[16] "Never have I ever read a finer or grander description of a thunderstorm," wrote one reviewer of Timlow's The Heart of Monadnock.[17]
Timlow was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution[18] and active in the Parent Teacher Association in Washington.[19] She advocated smaller class sizes, older teachers, and teaching more study skills than "miscellaneous knowledge."[20] She gave presentations on education and psychology for women's clubs[21] and other community groups,[22] [23] [24] and on radio programs.[25]
Publications
- Cricket (1895)
- Cricket at the Seashore (1896)
- Eunice and Cricket (1897)
- Dorothy Dot (1898)[26]
- A Nest of Girls; or, Boarding-School Days (1901)[27]
- What Came to Winifred (1901)
- April-Fool Twins (1909)
- The Opportunity of the Teacher (1910)[28]
- The Heart of Monadnock (1922)
- Living as a Fine Art (1930)
Personal life
Timlow died in 1930, at the age of 68, in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.
Notes and References
- News: 1910-09-25 . New School for Girls; Cloverside Transplanted from Montclair to Scott Circle . 3 . . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1907-08-17 . Obituary for Martha Fay Timlow . 1 . The Montclair Times . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- February 1902 . Elizabeth Timlow . Book News Monthly . 20 . 234 . 502–503.
- Book: Who's Who Among North American Authors . 1925 . Golden Syndicate Publishing Company . 368 . en.
- Book: Who's Who in the Nation's Capital . 1921 . Consolidated Publishing Company . 392 . en.
- Book: Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada . 1914 . American Commonwealth Company . 817–818 . en.
- News: 1906-06-09 . Commencement at Cloverside School . 5 . The Montclair Times . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- Book: A Handbook of the Best Private Schools of the United States and Canada . 1915 . P.E. Sargent . 142 . en.
- News: 1909-06-12 . Cloverside Commencement . 4 . The Montclair Times . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1922-08-05 . 'The Heart of Monadnock'; Book by Miss Elizabeth Weston Timlow, Former Resident of Montclair . 16 . The Montclair Times . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1909-05-01 . Exit Cloverside; The Misses Timlow to Transfer Their Work to Washington, D.C. . 5 . The Montclair Times . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1913-05-30 . Higher Education Has Serious Side . 6 . The Washington Herald . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1914-10-09 . Escaped War Zone by Quick Decision . 6 . The Washington Times . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- Book: Timlow, Elizabeth Weston . Eunice and Cricket . 1897 . Estes and Lauriat . en.
- Book: Timlow, Elizabeth Weston . Cricket at the Seashore . 1896 . Estes and Lauriat . en.
- Book: Timlow, Elizabeth Weston . The Heart of Monadnock . 1922 . B. J. Brimmer Company . Boston.
- Keene . Erwin F. . February 1923 . Books of New Hampshire Interest . Granite Monthly . 55 . 2 . 91.
- Book: Daughters of the American Revolution . Lineage Book . 1892 . Washington, D.C. : The Society ; Harrisburg, Pa. : Harrisburg Pub. Co. . Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center . 390–391 . Internet Archive.
- News: 1914-05-17 . Lecture for Mothers . 11 . The Washington Post . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Yoder . Florence E. . 1915-01-29 . Educational Expert Finds Vital Necessity for Revolution in Methods of the Public Schools . 8 . The Washington Times . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1914-01-21 . Society Enjoys 'Deep Thought' . 1 . The Washington Herald . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1930-02-22 . Urges 'Y' Girls to Fix Definite Life Goal . 4 . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1930-02-01 . 'Successful Living' Series at Y.W.C.A. . 4 . The Brooklyn Citizen . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1926-12-11 . New Baha'i Centre . 10 . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . 2022-09-21.
- News: 1926-03-29 . Today's Radio Programs . 14 . The Burlington Free Press . 2022-09-21 . Newspapers.com.
- Book: Timlow, Elizabeth Weston . Dorothy Dot . 1898 . New York : E.P. Dutton . The Library of Congress.
- Web site: A Nest of Girls ; Or, Boarding-School Days . 2022-09-20 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 U.S..
- Book: Timlow, Elizabeth Weston . The Opportunity of the Teacher . 1910 . E. P. Dutton & Company . New York.