Background
Cowles, Julia Darrow was born on January 6, 1862 in Norwalk, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Francis Vincent and Elmina (Jones) Darrow.
Cowles, Julia Darrow was born on January 6, 1862 in Norwalk, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Francis Vincent and Elmina (Jones) Darrow.
Graduate Central High School, Buffalo, New York, 1880. Studied English literature under Professor Maria L. Sanford, University of Minnesota Summer School, and in special classes. Course in story telling, Northwestern Conservatory, Minneapolis.
Department editor, The Housekeeper, 1903-1906. Has specialized in literature for children and in story telling to children. Author: Robinson Crusoe Reader, 1906.
Our Little Athenian Cousin of Long Ago, 1913.
Our Little Roman Cousin of Long Ago, 1913. Our Little Spartan Cousin of Long Ago, 1914.
The Art of Story Telling, 1914. Our Little Macedonian Cousin of Long Ago, 1915.
Favorite Fairy Tales Retold, 1915.
Favorite Folk Tales Retold, 1916. Going to School in Animal Land, 1917. The Queer Little Tailor, 1917.
Indian Nature Myths, 1918.
Plays and Poems (dramatic readers), grades I-V, 1917-1918. Home: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Married Francis Dana Cowles, October 16, 1884.