Background
Steele, Esther Baker was born on August 4, 1835 in Lysander, New York, United States. Daughter of Review Gardner and Esther (Scott) Baker.
Steele, Esther Baker was born on August 4, 1835 in Lysander, New York, United States. Daughter of Review Gardner and Esther (Scott) Baker.
Educated Mexico Academy and Falley Seminary Fulton, New New York (honorary Doctor of Letters, Syracuse University, 1892).
Joel Dorman Steele, July 7, 1859 (died 1886). Author (in collaboration with her husband) of the Barnes’ Brief Histories: United States, 1871. France, 1875; Centenary History of United States, 1875.
Ancient Peoples, 1881.
Mediæval and Modern Peoples, 1883. General History, 1883.
Greece, with Selected Readings, 1884. Rome, with Selected Readings, 1885.
Revised United States, 1885.
Since her husband’s death she has prepared new edits, of these joint works and also of her husband’s science books, Hygienic Physiology, enlarged edition, 1888. General History, 1893. Home: Elmira, New New York
Married Professor.