Women Writers Buried in Virginia

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

America has an array of women writers who have made history—and many of them lived, died and were buried in Virginia.

Gothic novelists, writers of Westerns and African American poets, these writers include a Pulitzer Prize winner, the first woman writer to be named Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the first woman to top the best-seller lists in the twentieth century. Mary Roberts Rinehart was a bestselling mystery author often called "the American Agatha Christie." Anne Spencer was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. V. C. Andrews was so popular that when she died a court ruled that her name was taxable, and the poetry of Susan Archer Talley Weiss received praise from Edgar Allan Poe.

Professor and cemetery history enthusiast Sharon Pajka has written a guide to their accomplishments in life and to their final resting places.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467150668
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	11/15/2021
Series:	American Heritage
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	1,099,134
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Sharon Pajka, PhD, is a professor of English at Gallaudet University. She is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Gallaudet University and the University of Virginia. She has a certificate in public history from the University of Richmond. On the weekends, find her in the cemetery giving history tours or volunteering, as well as running River City Cemetarians.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 11

Introduction 13

1 Cleo Virginia Andrews, "V.C. Andrews (1923-1986) Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth 23

2 Jane Briggs Howison Beale (1815-1882) Fredericksburg Cemetery, Fredericksburg 29

3 Helen Gordon Beale (1834-1885) Fredericksburg Cemetery, Fredericksburg 33

4 Kate Lee Langley Bosher (1865-1932) Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond 37

5 Rosa Dixon Bowser (1855-1931) East End Cemetery, Richmond 41

6 Estelle Aubrey Brown (1877-1958) Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington 47

7 Ella Howard Bryan, "Clinton Dangerfield" (1872-1954) Woodland Cemetery, Ashland 51

8 Letitia "Lettie" McCreery Burwell (1831-1905) Longwood Cemetery. Bedford 56

9 Nancy Larrick Crosby (1910-2004) Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester 60

10 Elizabeth "Lizzie" Petit Cutler (1831-1902) Riverview Cemetery, Richmond 64

11 Virginia Emeline Butts Davidson (1833-1911) Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg 69

12 Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis (1864-1898) Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond 73

13 Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis (1826-1906) Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond 78

14 Judith L.C. Garnett (1862-1938) Forest Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Henrico 83

15 Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945) Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond 88

16 Lizzie Chambers Hall (1874-1965) Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg 93

17 Constance Fairfax Cary Harrison (1843- 1920) Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria 97

18 Lucy Norvell Harrison (1878-1955) Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond 101

19 Mary Jane Haw (1835-1927) Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond 106

20 Mary Anna Morris on Jackson (1831-1915) Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington 110

21 Mary Johnston (1870-1936) Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond 114

22 Cornelia Jane Matthews Jordan (1830-1898) Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg 118

23 Mary Greenhow Lee (1819-1907) Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester 123

24 Mary Tucker Magill (1830-1899) Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester 127

25 Julia Magruder (1854-1907) Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville 130

26 Katherine Boyce Tupper Marshall (1882-1978) Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington 135

27 Frances McEntee Martin ( 1906-1998) Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk 139

28 Mabel Wood Martin (1888-1956) Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington 143

29 Judith Brockenbrough McGuire (1813-1897) St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, Tappahannock 147

30 Margaret Prescott Montague (1878-1955) Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond 151

31 LaSalle "Sallie" Cornell Pickett (1843-1931) Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond 156

32 Margaret Junkin Preston (1820-1897) Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington 161

33 Eudora Woolfolk Ramsay Richardson (1891-1973) Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond 166

34 Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington 171

35 Judith Page Walker Rives (1802-1882) Rives-Troubetzkoy Cemetery, Albemarle County 176

36 Ruby Thelma Altizer Roberts (1907-2004) Sunset Cemetery, Christiansburg 180

37 Sally Berkeley Nelson Robins (1855-1925) Ware Episcopal Church Cemetery, Gloucester 185

38 Anne Spencer (1882-1975) Forest Hill Burial Park, Lynchburg 188

39 Mary Newton Stanard (1865-1929) Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond 193

40 Amélie Louise Rives Chanler Troubetzkoy (1863-1945) Rives-Troubetzkoy Cemetery, Albemarle County 196

41 Edna Henry Lee Turpin (1867-1952) Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond 200

42 Marie Teresa "Tere" Ríos Versace (1917-1999) Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington 203

43 Susan Archer Talley Weiss (1822-1917) Riverview Cemetery, Richmond 207

44 Annie Steger Winston (1862-1927) Hollywood Cemetery Richmond 211

Notes 215

Select Bibliography 251

About the Author 253

Editorial Reviews

"On any given day, writer and VCU alumna Sharon Pajka is at a cemetery....Pajka, an English professor at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., translated this passion into her book "Women Writers Buried in Virginia."The novel highlights 44 female writers buried in Virginia cemeteries. The subjects vary, from gothic novelists to Western fiction writers to African American poets, according to the book's online description."Clare Wislar, Commonwealth Times

"It is always interesting to find history that wasn't spotlighted," Pajka says of the women writers, who often did not receive as much attention as their male counterparts. "This is regional history but also Virginia history and American history."Gary Robertson, Richmond Mag

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