Mildred Aldrich

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Mildred Aldrich (1853-February 19, 1928) was an American journalist and writer.

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[edit] Biography

She was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She grew up in Boston, taught at elementary school there and went on into journalism.[1] She wrote for the Boston Home Journal, the Boston Journal and the Boston Herald. She started the short-lived The Mahogany Tree in 1892.[1]

In 1898, she moved to France, and, while there, became a friend of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas[1]. She worked as a translator and moved to Huiry, near Paris[1].

During the First World War Aldrich wrote some books that were published back in the United States, based on her experiences in war-torn Europe.

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[edit] Collections of letters

  • Hilltop On the Marne (1915)
  • On the Edge of the War Zone (1917)
  • Peak of the Load (1918)
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1919)

[edit] Novel

  • Told In A French Garden (1916)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Harvard University Library

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