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Gertrude Woodcock Seibert (November 16, 1864 – June 13, 1928) was an American writer. Initially known for her poetry, she became a compiler of religious texts.[1]

Gertrude Woodcock Seibert
Born	Gertrude Antonette Woodcock November 16, 1864 Altoona, Pennsylvania
Died	June 13, 1928 Miami Beach, Florida
Pen name	Gertrude W. Seibert G. W. Seibert
Occupation	writer compiler
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Wellesley College
Genre	poetry religion
Spouse	Robert S. Seibert ​ (m. 1890)​

Biography

Gertrude Antonette (or "Antoinette") Woodcock was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, November 16, 1864. Her parents were Samuel M. Woodcock, a lawyer, and Elizabeth (Etnier) Woodcock.[2]

She graduated from Altoona High School (1880), and Wellesley College (B.S., 1885).[2]

On September 18, 1890, in Altoona, she married Robert S. Seibert who later became president of East Shade Gap Railroad Company, Rockhill Iron and Coal Company, and Shade Gap Railroad Company.[2]

Since 1894, Seibert was engaged in non-denominational Bible study and private lectures on religious topics. She prepared questions for the Bureau of Bibly Study. She compiled Daily Heavenly Manna for the Household of Faith, and translated into German, Swedish, and Norwegian. She compiled an Instructor's Guide and Berean Topical Index for the Berean Bible, 1907.[2]

Seibert contributed to various newspapers (religious articles exclusively) and wrote religious poems and hymns. In 1909, she published the booklet, Sweet Brier Rose (500,000 printed). In 1912, she compiled Poems of Dawn. She also published the booklet (illustrated form), In the Garden of the Lord. Seibert did considerable art work in the line of decorated and illustrated motto cards; a 1905 design of chestnut burrs, illustrating "In Due Time", was printed in an edition of 15,000.[2]

Seibert was an active member of the international Bible Students' Association. In religions, she was nondenominational. Seibert was opposed to woman suffrage on Scriptural grounds.[2]

Gertrude Seibert died June 13, 1928, at Miami Beach, Florida.[3]

Selected works

• Berean Bible Teachers' Manual, 19??
• In the Garden of the Lord, 1905
• Daily heavenly Manna for the household offaith: a collection , 1907
• Niebiańska manna czyli rozmyślania duchowe na każdy dzień roku dla domowników wiary, 1907
• The Sweet-brier Rose and Other Poems, 1909
• Daglig himmelsk manna for troens husstand: et udvalg af ..., 1911
• Poems of Dawn, 1912

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