Career
Carr wrote her first poem at the age of eight. While at high school, she relied on her writing to pay her way through school.She had a contract with Walt Disney that would be seen on scree. Other than poems and stories, she also published plays for children.
She made a career in journalism spending several years editing the newspapers for Catholic Sentinel.
Her first book Children of the Covered Wagon was published in 1934. and also left contributed to her fame. Mary Jane Carr was an author born in Portland, Oregon.
She knew she wanted to be a writer around the time she began reading. Carr was one of nine siblings.
Her father was an attorney that taught in his younger days.
The poems her father read to her made her enjoy the rhythm and music in poetry. After her father died, she found a poem she was struggling to write as a child. In the mix of his papers, it brought back memories she and her father shared.
Carr attended an all girls school that was known as Street Mary"s College.
lieutenant is now known as Marylhurst University where she began working towards journalism. She also began proofreading and editorial writing.
Her first position in the newspaper was giving to her by her college history professor Carr"s first book was published in 1934.
She has three books that were published and transcribed into Braille in many schools.