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Gladys Taber, beloved author of The Stillmeadow books, columnist for "Ladies Home Journal" and "Family Circle", was born in Colorado Springs on April 12, 1899, and spent most of her early years moving because of her father's work as a mining engineer. She lived in New Mexico, California, Illinois, Wisconsin, and spent time on her grandfather's farm in Massachusetts.Later, she received her bachelor's degree from Wellesley and her M.A. from Lawrence. She taught English and Writing at Lawrence College, Randolph-Macon Women’s College, Lynchburg, Virginia, and at Columbia University from 1921 to 1926.
In 1943, the Tabers and their friends, Eleanor and Max Mayer, bought a 17th century farmstead in Connecticut, which they called “Stillmeadow.” At first, it was only a part-time country house, but soon they began living there full-time. Gladys Taber enjoyed the outdoors, writing, and her pets. She kept cocker spaniels, Irish setters, and Siamese, Abbysinian and Manx cats.
Marriage and a baby interrupted her academic career, then for more than 20 years, she lived in her vintage farmhouse, having commuted to New York part of the time to teach creative writing at Columbia University. After her parents had died, Gladys’ family consisted of her husband, Frank Taber, and her daughter Constance.
As time went on, writing began to take up all of her time. Gladys got short stories published in most major magazines in America. She also had a few different weekly columns in magazines and newspapers, including her “Diary of Domesticity” in the Laidies’ Home Journal, begun in November 1937. Gladys also wrote the “Butternut Wisdom” column for the magazine Family Circle from 1959 to 1967.
This amazing woman wrote over fifty books in her life, and lived at Stillmeadow until her death on March 11, 1980. She was a well-known and well-respected author, and her memory lives on at Stillmeadow, the place that inspired so many of her acclaimed novels.
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Taber
