Elizabeth Dayton
Elizabeth Dayton | |
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| Born | December 25, 1848  Chertsey |
| Died | November 10, 1924 (aged 75) Kaukauna |
Elizabeth Dayton (25 December 1848 – 10 November 1924) was a British-born American poet and author who published under the name Beth Day.
Elizabeth Dayton was born on 25 December 1848 in Chertsey, England,[1] the daughter of Richard Dawson and Mary Smith Dawson.[2] The family moved to Wisconsin in the United States in 1850, eventually settling in Kaukauna, where Elizabeth Dayton spent most of her life.[2]
Dayton wrote stories for children and poems. She contributed to publications including Youth's Companion, Chicago Inter-Ocean, Godey's Lady's Book, Demorest's Magazine, the Weekly Wisconsin, Home Magazine, Young Idea, and Our Continent.[1] She also worked as a reporter for the Kaukauna Sun.[3][4]
Dayton was active in civic affairs and instrumental in the building of a Carnegie library for the Free Public Library of Kaukauna.[3][5]
Elizabeth Dayton died on 10 November 1924 in Kaukauna.[4]
Bibliography[edit]
- The Story of Johnikin. American Baptist Publication Society, 1898.[6]
- Anemonies and Clover, Poems. Whitney Publishing Co., n.d. (1894?) [7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Anonymous; Frances Willard (1893), Frances Willard; Mary Livermore (eds.), A Woman of the Century: fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life (1st ed.), Buffalo: Charles Wells Moulton, LCCN ltf96008160, OL 13503115M, Wikidata Q24205103
{{citation}}:|author1=has generic name (help) - ^ a b "The Post-Crescent 23 Feb 1904, page 3". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ^ a b The Wisconsin magazine. Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Magazine. 1923.
- ^ a b "The Post-Crescent 10 Nov 1924, page 15". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ^ "About Us – Kaukauna Public Library". Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ^ The American catalogue. 1895-1900 : books in print and for sale ... : subject alphabet. New York. 1941.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Poetry by women to 1900 : a bibliography of American and British writers. Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-8020-5966-6.