Helen Ekin Starrett

Background

Starrett, Helen Ekin was born on September 19, 1840 in Allegheny Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Review John and Esther Fell (Lee) Ekin.

Education

Educated Pittsburgh High School.

Career

William Aiken Starrett, February 15, 1864. Founder Kenwood Institute, Chicago, 1884. Principal Starrett School for Girls, 1893-1915 (principal emeritus).

Author: Future of Educated Women, 1880.

Letters to a Daughter, 1882. Letters to Elder Daughters, 1883.

Gyppie, an Obituary, 1884. After College, What? Foreign Girls, 1885.

Letters to a Little Girl, 1886.

Crocus and Wintergreen, poems (with her sister, Frances Ekin Allison), 1906. The Future of Our Daughters, and Other Educational Essays, 1909. The Charm of Fine Manners.

Three-Minute Chapel Talks for Girls, 1918.

Highways and Byways of Literature, 1918. Little Book of Good Manners in Home and School, 1919.

Home: Portland, Oregon

Achievements

• Helen Ekin Starrett has been listed as a notable educator, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Review.

Father:

Review John Ekin

Mother:

Esther Fell (Lee) Ekin

Spouse:

Review