Background
Macarthur, Ruth Alberta Brown was born on November 14, 1881 in Searsmont, Maine, United States. Daughter of William Matthew and Vesta Ella (Frost) Brown.
Macarthur, Ruth Alberta Brown was born on November 14, 1881 in Searsmont, Maine, United States. Daughter of William Matthew and Vesta Ella (Frost) Brown.
Student University of Minnesota, 1901-1902. Business college course.
Methodist. Author: Tabitha at Ivy Hall, 1911. Tabitha’s Glory, 1912. Tabitha’s Vacation and At the Little Brown House, 1913.
The Lilac Lady, 1914.
Heart of Gold, 1915; Little Mother, 1916 (public in London, 1917. Translation into the Danish, 1924).
Daisy, 1919. The Gingerbread House, 1920.
Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1922. Contributor to American Women Poets, 1937.
Caravan of Verse, 1938. Contributor to Listen, My Children, 1940.
Hear Us, America, 1941.
United Song of America, 1943. Poetry Digest, 1945. Contributor Poetry Broadcast, 1945. Home: Long Beach, California†.
Married William Austin MacArthur, May 3, 1911. Children: Ruth Marion, William Charles and Walter Austin (twins), Meredith Jeanne, Merle Elladice.