Background
Blackshear, Helen Friedman was born on June 5, 1911 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Samuel and Annie Laurie (Longshore) Friedman.
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Alabama Album: Collected Poems
(Book by Blackshear, Helen F.)
Book by Blackshear, Helen F.
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Mother Was a Rebel: In Praise of Gentle People
(Many people have interesting childhoods, eccentric relati...)
Many people have interesting childhoods, eccentric relatives, go off to college, and set out as adults to make their way in the world. Few people are as keenly observant or can write as compellingly about these experiences as does Alabama poet laureate Helen Blackshear in this inviting memoir. Here we are invited into extended Southern families and are given glimpses of a world that no longer exists - of genteel women's schools, of college towns when they were small communities, of first car trips and first suitors and a young girl's coming of age. The author recalls us back to her world in the early to mid-twentieth century, and reveals in the process her own generous spirit and wise heart.
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- The Creek captives: And other Alabama stories (Creek Captives fictionalizes for young readers real event...)
- The Creek Captives and Other Alabama Stories
- Mother Was a Rebel: Tuscaloosa Sketches "...in praise of gentle people" (Paperback. 165 pages. Illustrated.)
- Mother Was a Rebel: In Praise of Gentle People by Helen F. Blackshear (2007-08-30)
Helen Friedman Blackshear
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Helen Friedman Blackshear, American educator. Named Poet of Year Alabama State Poetry Society, 1985. Member Alabama Writers Conclave (president 1985-1987), Alabama State Poetry Society (treasurer 1980-1982), National League American Penwomen (president Montgomery branch 1982-1984), Creative Writers Montgomery (vice president 1978-1980), Art Council Montgomery (secretary 1983-1988, poet laureate, Alabama, 1995-1998).
Education
Bachelor, Agnes Scott College, 1931. Master of Arts, University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1932.
Career
Visitor social work, Child Welfare Department, Alabama, 1937-1939; English teacher, Montgomery County, Alabama, 1942-1973.
Achievements
Works
book
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The Creek captives: And other Alabama stories
(Creek Captives fictionalizes for young readers real event...)
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Mother Was a Rebel: In Praise of Gentle People
(Many people have interesting childhoods, eccentric relati...)
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Alabama Album: Collected Poems
(Book by Blackshear, Helen F.)
-
Mother Was a Rebel: Tuscaloosa Sketches "...in praise of gentle people"
(Paperback. 165 pages. Illustrated.)
- The Creek Captives and Other Alabama Stories
- Mother Was a Rebel: In Praise of Gentle People by Helen F. Blackshear (2007-08-30)
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The Creek captives: And other Alabama stories
Membership
Member Alabama Writers Conclave (president 1985-1987), Alabama State Poetry Society (treasurer 1980-1982), National League American Penwomen (president Montgomery branch 1982-1984), Creative Writers Montgomery (vice president 1978-1980), Art Council Montgomery (secretary 1983-1988, poet laureate, Alabama, 1995-1998).
Interests
Connections
Married William Mitchell Blackshear, April 21, 1934 (deceased September 1986). Children: Anne Spragins-Harmuth, Sue Blackshear-Bowen, Helen M. Stevenson.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Presbyterian -
Political Party
Republican
Education
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1931
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1932
Career
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1937 - 1939
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1942 - 1973