Background
Mcdonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell was born on March 20, 1872 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of Clark and Clara M. Blaisdell.
Mcdonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell was born on March 20, 1872 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of Clark and Clara M. Blaisdell.
Graduated from State Normal School, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1891.
Taught school in Massachusetts, 1892-1896. Supervisor primary schools, Brockton, Massachusetts, 1896-1899. Director Chandler Secretarial School, Boston, 1918-1927.
Author: (with sister, Mary Frances Blaisdell) Child Life, 1899. Child Life in Tale and Fable, 1899. Child Life in Many Lands, 1900.
Child Life in Literature, 1900. The Child Life Primer, 1901. The Blaisdell Spellers, 1901.
The Child Life Fifth Reader, 1902. Boy Blue and His Friends, 1907. Manuel in Mexico, 1909.
Ume San in Japan, 1909. Rafael in Italy, 1909. Kathleen in Ireland, 1909.
Fritz in Germany, 1910. Gerda in Sweden, 1910. Boris in Russia, 1910.
Betty in Canada, 1910. Marta in Holland, 1911. Hassan in Egypt, 1911.
Donald in Scotland, 1912. Josefa in Spain, 1912. Colette in France, 1913.
Chandra in India, 1916. Mother Goose Children, 1916. Rhymes and Tales for Children, 1918.
The Kelpies, 1924; Toy Town, 1927. My Garden of Stories, 1929. The Kelpies Run Away, 1930.
Home: Mount Dora‡.
Married James Richard McDonald, August 3, 1899.