Isabel Gordon Curtis

Background

Curtis, Isabel Gordon was born on April 24, 1863 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Ragg) Gordon.

Education

Educated Gordon School, Huntly, and Milne’s Academy, Fochabers, Scotland. Came to America, 1886.

Career

Did general literature work, 1886-1890. Literature editor New England Homestead, and Farm and Home, 1892-1896. Dramatic editor Springfield Homestead, 1896.

Associated with husband as editor Binghamton Chronicle, 1896-1900.

Associate editor Good Housekeeping, 1900-1903. Editor woman’s department Success Magazine until 1911.

Author: The Making of a Housewife, 1906. The Woman from Wolverton, 1912.

The Lapse of Enoch Wentworth, 1913.

The Congresswoman, 1914.

Achievements

• Isabel Gordon Curtis has been listed as a noteworthy editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Francis Curtis, August 6, 1896.

Father:

Peter Gordon

Mother:

Elizabeth (Ragg) Gordon

Spouse:

Francis Curtis