Background
Elliott, Maud Howe was born on November 9, 1854 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of of Doctor Samuel Gridley and Julia (Ward) Howe.
Elliott, Maud Howe was born on November 9, 1854 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of of Doctor Samuel Gridley and Julia (Ward) Howe.
Private education in America and Europe.
Has lectured, Chicago, Boston, Newport. Vice president Newport County Woman’s Republican Club. Secretary Art Association of Newport.
Author: A Newport Aquarelle.
The San Rosario Ranch. Atalanta in the South.
Mammon. Phyllida; Laura Bridgman (with Florence M. Hall), 1903.
Roma Beata, 1904; Two in Italy, 1905. Sun and Shadow in Spain, 1908.
Sicily in Shadow and in Sun, 1910. The Eleventh Hour in the Life of Julia Ward Howe, 1911.
Life and Letters of Julia Ward Howe (with Laura East. Richards), 1915.
Three Generations, 1923. Lord Byron’s Helmet, 1927. John Elliott, The Story of An Artist, 1930.
My Cousin, F. Marion Crawford, 1934.
Uncle Sam Ward and His Circle, 1938. Recollections of the Civil War, 1943.
This Was My Newport, 1944. What I Saw and Heard in Panama, 1947.
In 1917, awarded, with Laura East. Richards, the Joseph Pulitze rize, Columbia University, for The Life of Julia Ward Howe.
Newport Art Museum]
A socialite, Elliot is one of the founding members of the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Florida. She was the honorary president of the organization until her death. She was a patron of the arts, was a founding member of the Newport Art Association, and served as its secretary from 1912-1942.
Married John Elliott, February 7, 1887.