Maud Wilder Goodwin Explained

Maud Wilder Goodwin
Birth Date:5 June 1856
Birth Place:Ballston Spa, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation:Writer

Maud Wilder Goodwin (June 5, 1856 – February 5, 1935) was an American writer of historical fiction, biographies, and popular histories.

Early life

Maud Wilder was born in Ballston Spa, New York, the daughter of John N. Wilder and Delia A. Wilder.[1] Her older sister Blanche, also a writer,[2] married lawyer Frederick P. Bellamy, the brother of writer Edward Bellamy.[3]

Publications

Goodwin's books were commercially successful,[4] and generally well-reviewed by critics. The Literary World found The Colonial Cavalier "very gay and charming,"[5] and Dolly Madison a "delightfully written, carefully gleaned biography".[6] Public Opinion found White Aprons to be "animated with fresh and absorbing interest."[7] "There is nothing specially startling in her plot of her situations," noted The Richmond Times-Dispatch about Richmond's novel, Four Roads to Paradise. "But she has endowed her characters with life and the ability to enjoy it; she has infused a strong dramatic element into her scenes; she has described her surroundings well, and she has given zest and animation to her conversations and dialogues."[8]

A quote by Goodwin ("My dear, whenever you feel that it would relieve your mind to say something, don't say it") was included in the Chicago Woman's Club's calendar for 1905.[25]

Personal life

Wilder married lawyer Almon Goodwin in 1879. They had daughter Miriam and Hilda, and a son, Wilder.[26] Her husband died in 1905, and Goodwin died in 1935, at the age of 78, at her son's home in Greenwich, Connecticut.[27]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915 . 1914 . American Commonwealth Company . 334 . en.
  2. Web site: Bellamy, Blanche Wilder, 1852- . 2023-08-18 . The Online Books Page.
  3. News: 1929-09-17 . Frederick Bellamy, Lawyer, Dead at 82; Had Been Trustee of City College and Packer Institute--Brother of Noted Writer . en . The New York Times . 2023-08-18.
  4. News: 1935-02-06 . Mrs. Maud Wilder Goodwin, Historical Novelist, Dies . 9 . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 2023-08-18 . Newspapers.com.
  5. January 11, 1896 . The Colonial Cavalier . The Literary World . 27 . 12.
  6. June 27, 1896 . Dolly Madison . The Literary World . 27 . 197.
  7. July 16, 1896 . White Aprons . Public Opinion . 21 . 89.
  8. News: 1904-04-24 . Reviews and Criticisms of Some Books of the Day . 16 . Richmond Times-Dispatch . 2023-08-18 . Newspapers.com.
  9. Book: Goodwin, Maud Wilder . https://books.google.com/books?id=7RmgAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Maud%20Wilder%20Goodwin%22&pg=PA147 . The Literature of Philanthropy . 1893 . Harper & brothers . Goodale . Frances Abigail . en . The Antislavery Legacy.
  10. Book: Goodwin, Maud Wilder . The Colonial Cavalier: Or, Southern Life Before the Revolution . 1895 . Little, Brown & Company . en.
  11. Book: Goodwin, Maud Wilder . Dolly Madison . 1896 . Scribner . en.
  12. Book: Goodwin, Maud Wilder . White Aprons: A Romance of Bacon's Rebellion : Virginia, 1676 . 1896 . Little, Brown and Company . en.
  13. Book: Goodwin, Maud Wilder . The Head of a Hundred: Being an Account of Certain Passages in the Life of Humphrey Huntoon, Esq., Sometime an Officer in the Colony of Virginia . 1897 . Little, Brown . en.
  14. News: 1897-12-19 . Papers on Historic New York . 16 . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . 2023-08-18 . Newspapers.com.
  15. Book: Goodwin, Maud Wilder . Flint: His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes . 1897 . Little, Brown . en.
  16. Book: Bellamy . Blanche Wilder . Open Sesame!: Arranged for children from four to twelve years old . Goodwin . Maud Wilder . 1898 . Ginn & Company . en.
  17. Web site: Historic New York, by Maud Wilder Goodwin et al. . 2023-08-18 . The Online Books Page.
  18. Book: Goodwin, Maud Wilder . Sir Christopher: A Romance of a Maryland Manor in 1644 . 1901 . Little, Brown . en.
  19. Book: Goodwin, Maud Wilder . Four Roads to Paradise . 1904 . Century Company . en.
  20. News: 1905-08-19 . A Lover's Dilemma; Much Wit and Good Characterization in Maud Wilder Goodwin's New Novel . en . The New York Times . 2023-08-18.
  21. Book: Goodwin, Maud Wilder . Claims and Counterclaims . 1905 . Doubleday, Page . en.
  22. Book: Goodwin, Maud Wilder . Veronica Playfair . 1910 . Little, Brown . en.
  23. Book: Goodwin . Maud Wilder . Dutch and Quakers: Part 1: Dutch and English on the Hudson . Fisher . Sydney George . 1919 . Yale University Press . en.
  24. Book: Goodwin, Maud Wilder . Dutch and English on the Hudson: a chronicle of colonial New York . 1921 . Yale University Press . New Haven. 6644920M .
  25. News: 1904-12-01 . Club Women to Be Wise; Special Calendar With Daily Maxims is Provided . 9 . Chicago Tribune . 2023-08-18 . Newspapers.com.
  26. News: 1910-08-21 . Mrs. Frederick P. Bellamy's Nephew and 'Maud Wilder Goodwin's' Son, Wilder Goodwin, Engaged . 13 . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . 2023-08-18 . Newspapers.com.
  27. News: 1935-02-06 . Prominent Woman Author Succumbs . 1 . Argus-Leader . 2023-08-18 . Newspapers.com.

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