Helen S. Conant Explained

Helen S. Conant
Birth Name:Helen Charlotte Peters Stevens
Birth Date:9 October 1839
Birth Place:Methuen, Massachusetts, US
Death Place:New York City, US
Notableworks:The Butterfly Hunters
Spouse:Samuel Stillman Conant
Children:1

Helen Stevens Conant (October 9, 1839 – April 17, 1899) was an American author, poet, and translator.[1]

Personal life

Helen Charlotte Peters Stevens was born to Abiel Stevens and Charlotte Stevens (née Peters) on October 9, 1839, in Methuen, Massachusetts.[2] Her ancestors, John Stevens and Andrew Peters immigrated to Andover, Massachusetts, from England in the mid-17th century. As a child, she was taught by a governess and private tutors.

Stevens married journalist and editor Samuel Stillman Conant, son of professor and writer Thomas Jefferson Conant and editor and author Hannah O'Brien Chaplin Conant.[3] Stevens and Conant married on June 10, 1858, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.[4] The couple had one child together, a son named Thomas Peters Conant, on July 11, 1860, in Paris, France. The family later moved to Brooklyn, New York.[5]

Conant died on April 17, 1899.

Literary works

Books

Conant is best known for writing The Butterfly Hunters, published in 1868 by Ticknor and Fields.[6] She is also known for A Primer of German Literature (1877) and A Primer of Spanish Literature (1878), both published by Harper & Brothers.[7] Conant co-translated The Ancient Cities of the New World (1887) by Désiré Charnay from French with J. Gonino.[8]

Articles

Many of Conant's articles were published in various Harper & Brother publications, including Harper's Magazine and Harper's Weekly, for which her husband was managing editor from 1869 until his disappearance in 1885.[9]

Poetry

Conant contributed many of her poems to various Harper & Brother publications, including Harper's Bazar, for which she was an editor.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ancestry Library Edition. search.ancestrylibrary.com. 2018-09-23.
  2. Web site: Ancestry Library Edition. search.ancestrylibrary.com. 2018-09-23.
  3. Book: The twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans …. 1904. Boston. 2027/nyp.33433082308879.
  4. Web site: Ancestry Library Edition. search.ancestrylibrary.com. 2018-09-23.
  5. Web site: Ancestry Library Edition. search.ancestrylibrary.com. 2018-09-23.
  6. Book: Conant, Helen S. (Helen Stevens). The butterfly hunters. 1868. Boston, Ticknor and Fields. The Library of Congress.
  7. Book: Conant, Helen Peters. A primer of German literature. 1870. New York, Harper. Robarts - University of Toronto.
  8. Book: The Ancient Cities of the New World by Désiré Charnay. 2014-05-15.
  9. Book: Harper, J. Henry (Joseph Henry). The house of Harper : a century of publishing in Franklin Square. 1912. New York : Harper. New York Public Library.
  10. News: Birds and plumage. Conant. Helen S. (Helen Stevens). August 1878. Harper's Magazine. 2018-09-23. 0017-789X.
  11. News: Kitchen and dining-room. Conant. Helen S. (Helen Stevens). February 1877. Harper's Magazine. 2018-09-23. 0017-789X.
  12. News: Joseph Mallord William Turner. Conant. Helen S. (Helen Stevens). February 1878. Harper's Magazine. 2018-09-23. 0017-789X.
  13. News: A ramble in Central Park. Conant. Helen S. (Helen Stevens). October 1879. Harper's Magazine. 2018-09-23. 0017-789X.
  14. News: Picturesque Edinburgh. Conant. Helen S. (Helen Stevens). April 1879. Harper's Magazine. 2018-09-23. 0017-789X.
  15. News: From the Spanish of Calderon. Conant. Helen S. (Helen Stevens). July 1875. Harper's Magazine. 2018-09-23. 0017-789X.
  16. News: Old German love song (thirteenth century). Conant. Helen S. (Helen Stevens). April 1878. Harper's Magazine. 2018-09-23. 0017-789X.
  17. Web site: Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History. hearth.library.cornell.edu. 2018-09-23.
  18. Web site: Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History. hearth.library.cornell.edu. 2018-09-23.
  19. Web site: Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History. hearth.library.cornell.edu. 2018-09-23.
  20. News: Watch-words. Conant. Helen S. (Helen Stevens). August 1879. Harper's Magazine. 2018-09-23. 0017-789X.
  21. Book: Conant, Frederick Odell. A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887: Containing Also Some Genealogical Notes on the Connet, Connett and Connit Families. 1887. Private print. [Press of Harris & Williams].

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