Frances Hodges White (born Nellie Frances Hodges, June 18, 1866 – February 4, 1954) was an American writer of children's books.
Biography She was born and raised in Washington, Maine to William Hodge Jr. and Caroline Merrill Hodge. She attended Emerson College.
She was most known for her children's books Helena's Wonderworld (1900), Aunt Nabby's Children (1901), and Captain Jinks: The Autobiography of a Shetland Pony (1909), all published by L.C. Page & Company.
White lived in Lynn, Massachusetts. She was a member of the North Shore Club of Lynn and the Professional Women's Club of Boston.
She had a daughter, Elizabeth, with her first husband, Charles E. White.
Later years White married John Calvin Bucher, principal of the Peekskill Military Academy, in Peeksill, New York on April 5, 1924.Obituary 1 – no title. (1954, Feb 07). New York Times (1923–). She moved to Oak Park, Illinois and she owned Pine Knoll Camp in Conway, New Hampshire. Bucher died in 1945.The New York Times. (1945, Mar 28). John Calvin Bucher: Ex-Principal of the Peekskill Military Academy was 79.
Frances Hodges White died on February 4, 1954, in Oak Park. She was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Peekskill.
Works Sea Tales. Buffalo: Charles Wells Moulton, 1898. Captain Jinks: The Autobiography of a Shetland Pony. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1909.
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Source: Helena's Wonderworld. Illustrated by Charles A. Laurence and Ernest L. Proctor. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1900. Aunt Nabby's Children. Illustrated by Wallace Goldsmith. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1901.
References
External links Frances Hodges White on Goodreads