Mary Stetson Clarke

Background

Clarke, Mary Stetson was born on December 27, 1911 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Horace and Mabel Pitts (Russell) Stetson.

Education

Copywriter, Christian Science Monitor, Boston, 1933-1937, Melrose Free Press, 1957-1959. Teacher creative writing Boston Center Adult Education, 1958-1960. Research secretary Harvard University, 1960-1964.

Writer, editor, public Hilltop Press, Melrose, 1974.

Books include: Petticoat Rebel 1964. The Iron Peacock, 1966.

Limner"s Daughter, 1967. Pioneer Iron Works, 1968.

Piper to the Clan, 1970.

Glass Phoenix, 1969. Guide tothe Middlesex Canal, 1971. Bloomers and Ballots, 1972.

Immigration in Colonial Times, 1973.

Women"s Rights in the United States, 1974. The Old Middlesex Canal, 1974. Visit to the Iron Works, 1976.

Iron in Colonial Times, 1981.

Rusells in America: 1640-1988, 1988. Editor and contributing author: Looking Back at Melrose, 1985.

Lecturer in field

Career

Copywriter Christian Science Monitor, Boston, 1933—1937, Melrose Free Press, 1957—1959. Teacher creative writing Boston Center Adult Education, 1958—1960. Research secretary Harvard University, 1960—1964.

Writer, editor, public Hilltop Press, Melrose, 1974. Lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Mary Stetson Clarke has been listed as a notable writer, editor, publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Glass Phoenix: 2

    (A young fellow's dormant interest in glassmaking is broug...)

  • Iron in colonial times: Activities for grades 4, 5 & 6

    (Covers the manufacture of iron, the life of ironworkers, ...)

  • Piper to the Clan

    (After the Scottish army is defeated by Cromwell, a young ...)

  • The Iron Peacock

    (Joanna Sprague's life is upended when her father dies on ...)

  • Bloomers and Ballots

    (A biography of one of the early leaders of the women's ri...)

  • The old Middlesex Canal

    (A comprehensive history of the Middlesex Canal. This is t...)

  • Pioneer iron works

Membership

Member of New England History General Society, Massachusetts Library. Trustees Association, American Association of University Women, Stetson Kindred American Inc., Middlesex Canal Association, Melrose History Society, Melrose Public Library. (trustee 1970-1994, chairman 1972-1973, 1988-1994), Melrose Conservation Commn.

Connections

Married Edwin Leavitt Clarke, June 8, 1937. Children: Edwin Stetson, Susan Stetson, Joyce Russell Hockman.

Father:

Horace Stetson

Mother:

Mabel Pitts (Russell) Stetson

Spouse:

Edwin Leavitt Clarke

child:

Susan Stetson Clarke

child:

Edwin Stetson Clarke

child:

Joyce Russell Hockman Clarke