Background
Anderson, Isabel was born on March 29, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Commodore George (United States Navy) and Anna (Weld) Perkins.
Anderson, Isabel was born on March 29, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Commodore George (United States Navy) and Anna (Weld) Perkins.
Educated Mission Winsor’s School, Boston. Doctor of Letters, George Washington University, 1918. Doctor of Laws, Boston University, 1930.
1st commandant District Columbia Red Cross Refreshment Corps (World War I). Canteen service American Red Cross in France, 1917. Served at French and Belgian front line hospitals.
Volunteer nurse’s aide during World World War World World War II Decorations awarded: medal of Elizaabeth (Belgium).
Croix de Guerre (France), and others Elected librarian general, Daughters of American Revolution, 1923.
Member of National Pen Women's League, Boston Authors Club, Chilton Club. Author: The Great Sea Horse, 1909.
Captain Ginger Series, 1911.
The Spell of Japan, 1914. The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines, 1916. The Spell of Belgium, 1917.
Odd Corners, 1917.
Zigzagging, 1918. Presidents and Pies, 1920. Topsy Turvy and the Gold Star, 1920.
Polly the Pagan, 1922. The Kiss and the Queue, 1925.
The Wall Paper Code, 1926.
Under the Black Horse Flag, 1926. From Corsair to Riffian, 1927. Circling South America, 1928.
Circling Africa, 1929.
A Yacht in Mediterranean Seas, 1930. In Eastern Seas, 1934.
Zigzagging the South Seas, 1936. Plays produced and published: Everyboy, 1920.
The Witch in the Woods, 1925.
Merry Jerry, 1928. Justice Whisker’s Trial, 1929. Little Madcap’s Journey, 1931.
Marina, 1932; Dick Whittington, 1932-1933.
The Gee Whiz, 1933. King Foxy, 1933. Freedom, 1933. Robinson Crusoe, 1934.
Wing, 1934; Sir Frog Goes A-Traveling, 1935.
The Kiss and the Queue, 1935. Tahiti Ho, 1936; Island of the Moon, 1936. Under the Bo Tree, 1936.
The Green Turban, 1937.
The Gold Madonna, 1937. Fuente, The Matador, 1937.
A City Built in a Night, 1937. The Red Flame, 1938; K’ung, 1938.
I Hear a Call (poems), 1938.
Editor: Larz Anderson: Letters and Journals of a Diplomat, 1940. General Nicholas Longworth Anderson—Letters and Journals, 1942. The Whole World Over (poems), 1944.
Near and Far (poems).
1947. Home: “Weld.” Brookline 46, Massachusetts
Member of National Pen Women's League, Boston.
Married June 10, 1897, Larz Anderson, minister to Belgium, 1911-1912, ambassador to Japan, 1912-1913 (died 1937).