Gilder, Jeannette Leonard (1849–1916)
Gilder, Jeannette Leonard (1849–1916)
American journalist and novelist. Born Jeannette Leonard Gilder, Oct 3, 1849, in Flushing, NY; died 1916; dau. of Reverend Gilder (minister and Union Army chaplain).
At 15, after father died of smallpox while serving with Union Army during Civil War, found a job to support the family; following a stint at Newark Morning Register, moved to NY and became literary editor of New York Herald; with brother Joseph, co-founded (1881) weekly literary magazine, Critic, which she edited for 25 years (1881–1906); was also author of The Autobiography of a Tomboy (1901) and The Tomboy at Work (1904).
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