Higginson, Ella, 1862-1940

LC control no.	n 82112112
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PS3515.I35
Personal name heading	Higginson, Ella, 1862-1940 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Higginson, Ella Rhoads, 1862-1940
Other standard no.	Q15980869 0000000084273196 13660792
Associated country	United States
Located	Bellingham (Wash.) Portland (Or.) Grande Ronde River Valley (Or. and Wash.)
Birth date	1862
Death date	1940-12-27
Place of birth	Council Grove (Kan.)
Place of death	Bellingham (Wash.)
Profession or occupation	Authors Poets
Found in	The flower that grew in the sand, 1896: title page (Ella Higginson) Wikipedia, August 2, 2021 (Ella Rhoads Higginson, American author of award-winning fiction, poetry, and essays; was influential for the international attention her writing drew to the then little-known Pacific Northwest region of the United States; born in Council Grove, Kansas, c. January 28, 1862; traveled by wagon train from Kansas to Oregon, settling in Eastern Oregon's Grande Ronde Valley, later moving to Portland; at age 23 married Russell Carden Higginson; moved to New Whatcom (later Bellingham), Washington, in 1888; helped establish the first public reading room and library in Bellingham and served on the library's board; in 1912 served as campaign manager for Republican candidate Frances C. Axtell, who became the first female member of the Washington state legislature; died on December 27, 1940) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Rhoads_Higginson> Find A Grave WWW site, August 2, 2021 (Ella Rhoads Higginson; born 28 Jan 1861, Council Grove, Kansas; died 27 Dec 1940 (aged 79), Bellingham, Washington; American author; her best known work, the poem "Four Leaf Clover," was first published by Oregon's West Shore magazine in 1890; named the first Poet Laureate of Washington State) <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9393426/ella-higginson>
Associated language	eng