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Florence Converse (1871–1967) was an American author.

Biography

Florence Converse was born in New Orleans in 1871.

She graduated from Wellesley College in 1893 and was a member of the editorial staff of The Churchman from 1900 to 1908, when she joined the staff of the Atlantic Monthly. Converse wrote several novels. These included Long Will, a novel about the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.[1]

She was in a lesbian relationship with Vida Dutton Scudder and they are buried alongside each other at Newton Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts.[2]

Bibliography

• Diana Victrix (1897)
• The Burden of Christopher (1900)
• Long Will, A Romance (1903)
• The House of Prayer (1908)
• A Masque of Sibyls (1910)
• The Children of Light (1912)
• The Story of Wellesley (1915)
• The Blessed Birthday (1917)
• Garments of Praise (1921)
• Thy Kingdom Come: A Dream for Easter Even (1921)
• Santa Conversazione: An All Saints Miracle (1921)
• The Holy night (1922)
• The Happy Swan (1925)
• Into the Void (1926)
• Sphinx (1931)
• Efficiency Expert (1934)
• Collected poems of Florence Converse (1937)
• The Madman and the Wrecking Crew (Crux Ave, Spes Unica) (1939)
• Wellesley College, a chronicle of the years 1875-1938 (1939)
• Prologue to Peace: the Poems of Two Wars (1949)

References

Attribution

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Works by Florence Converse at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Florence Converse at Internet Archive

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