Eleanore Myers Jewett
Eleanore Myers Jewett was an American author born in New York City. Her works were primarily fiction and history, or historical fiction, written for a younger audience.
Education
Myers Jewett attended Barnard College as a major in medieval English, graduating in the class of 1912. She earned a Master's degree in Comparative Literature from Columbia University. At Barnard, she was Editor-in-Chief of the college magazine, The Mortarboard, and editor for the Barnard Bulletin.Career
After graduation, she taught English and History to 5th-7th graders at Miss Jacob's school for girls in New York City.Her early poetry and stories were published in the 1920s in magazines such as St. Nicholas Magazine and The Women's World, her early novels through Viking Press. Her novels included creative and historical fiction.