28. Januar - Grace Seton Thompson

GEDENKTAGE - 28. Januar

Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson (* 28. Januar 1872 - † 19.3.1959) war eine amerikanische Autorin und Suffragette. Verheiratet war sie mit dem Autor Ernest Thompson Seton.

"In 1900 Seton published her first book, A Woman Tenderfoot, which described her trip on horseback through the Rocky Mountains. In 1907 she published the book Nimrod's Wife, a true hunting and travel book set in the Western United States. She later organized and directed a women's motor unit to aid soldiers in France during the first World War. During the 1920s and 1930s she visited China, Egypt, Hawaii, India, Indochina, Japan, and South America, and she wrote four books about her travels: A Woman Tenderfoot in Egypt (1923), Chinese Lanterns (1924), Yes, Lady Saheb (1925), and Poison Arrows (1938). She also wrote The Singing Traveler (1947), a collection of poems about mysticism and eastern religions." (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Gallatin_Seton_Thompson)

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