Ethel Black Kealing Explained

Ethel Black Kealing
Birth Date:November 22, 1877
Birth Place:Indiana, US
Death Date:June 14, 1960
Death Place:San Bernardino, California, US
Other Names:E. B. Kealing, Jonathan Parker (pen name)
Occupation:Writer
Notable Works:Desra of the Egyptians (1910); A Princess of the Orient (1918)

Ethel Black Kealing (November 22, 1877 – June 14, 1960) was an American writer and arts patron from Indiana. Her novel Desra of the Egyptians (1910) is sometimes counted as an example of early science fiction and fantasy writing by women.

Early life

Ethel Black Kealing was born and raised near Indianapolis,[1] the daughter of Samuel Kealing and Margaret Black Kealing.[2] [3] She graduated from Shortridge High School.[4] In the 1930s she attended the school of music at Butler University.[5]

Career

Books by Kealing included Desra of the Egyptians: A Romance of the Earlier Centuries (a "lost world" novel, 1910),[6] and A Princess of the Orient (1918). She wrote a three-act play, Madame Lavendere (1911).[7] She also wrote articles for magazines. In "The Ethics of Conversation" (1905, Suggestion magazine), Kealing counsels the friends of sick people to avoid expressing "gloomy, despairing thoughts" at bedside: "Teach yourself to eliminate that part of your conversation which would strengthen the current of ill effecting thoughts, within the patient's mind."[8]

Kealing also wrote a song, "My Heart" (1909, music by Robert Speroy), dedicated to her brother, Clifford C. Kealing;[9] [10] and composed "Linger Near" (1909), music for voice and piano.[11] She sometimes used the pen name "Jonathan Parker" when her poetry was published. She and her older sister Ruth E. Kealing ran a fine arts studio in Indianapolis, and organized exhibits of Indiana art, music, and literature from the mid-1920s[12] [13] into the late 1930s.[14]

Kealing was a member of the American Esperanto Association, and chaired the telephone committee of the Indiana Woman's Republican Club.[15]

Personal life

Ethel and Ruth Kealing moved to Pasadena, California with their mother in 1939.[16] Ethel Kealing died in San Bernardino, California in 1960, aged 82 years.[17]

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Notes and References

  1. Rice, Alonzo. Some Indiana Writers and Poets (Teachers Journal Printing Company 1908): 38. via Internet Archive.
  2. News: Untitled society item. September 9, 1933. The Indianapolis News. October 12, 2019. 12. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Mrs. Margaret B. Kealing. January 31, 1941. The Indianapolis Star. October 12, 2019. 16. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Former Shortridger Wins Poetry Contest. March 4, 1924. Shortridge Daily Echo. October 12, 2019. 1. NewspaperArchive.com.
  5. Web site: Ethel Black Kealing. Indiana authors and their books 1917-1966. 2019-10-12.
  6. Book: Desra of the Egyptians: a romance of earlier centuries. Kealing. Ethel Black. Wheeler & Kalb. 1910. Printed by Wheeler & Kalb. Indianapolis. en. 24904313.
  7. Book: Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures. 1911. U.S. Government Printing Office. 298.
  8. Kealing. Ethel Black. November 1905. The Ethics of Conversation. Suggestion. 15. 586–587.
  9. Book: My heart. Speroy. Robert. Kealing. Ethel Black. 1909. Victor Kremer Co. Chicago ; New York. 247812269.
  10. News: Clifford Kealing, Active in G. O. P., Dies of Pneumonia. March 16, 1926. The Indianapolis Star. October 12, 2019. 1. Newspapers.com.
  11. Book: Kealing, Ethel Black. Linger near. 1909. F.B. Haviland Publishing Company. New York. 247703911.
  12. News: Work of Indiana Artists' Club On Display Here. November 16, 1925. The Indianapolis Star. October 12, 2019. 10. Newspapers.com.
  13. News: Works of 29 Hoosier Women Assembled in Art Display. March 13, 1927. The Indianapolis Star. October 12, 2019. 10. Newspapers.com.
  14. News: '25' Gallery Opens Exhibition Season with 70 Paintings, Etchings, Sculpture. Morehouse. Lucille E.. October 3, 1938. The Indianapolis Star. October 12, 2019. 7. Newspapers.com.
  15. News: State G. O. P. Women to Honor New Head. January 23, 1938. The Indianapolis Star. October 12, 2019. 31. Newspapers.com.
  16. News: Local Woman Has Poem Accepted for Publication. December 25, 1937. The Indianapolis Star. October 12, 2019. 3. Newspapers.com.
  17. Web site: Authors : Kealing, Ethel Black. SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia. 2019-10-12.

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