Background
Stoddard, Florence Jackson was born in 1859 in near New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Daughter of Thomas J. and Fannie (Wright) Jackson.
Stoddard, Florence Jackson was born in 1859 in near New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Daughter of Thomas J. and Fannie (Wright) Jackson.
Educated by mother (a noted educator), and at Rutgers College. Later studied in Paris, France.
Began as correspondent from Buenos Aires for New York Evening Post, 1881. Joined staff of Review of River Platte, 1891, Arrow, 1892. Lived next in Europe and Cuba, corresponding for American journals.
Returned to New York and became connected with staff on New York Tribune, 1897. Editor Overland Monthly, San Francisco, 1902, 1903, McCall’s Magazine, New York, 1904, Pictorial Review, 1906-1907. Lecturer New York Board of Education.
Member Rutgers Alumnae Association (New York), Anna Shaw League (Brooklyn).
Married Edward Learned Stoddard, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, October, 1885.