[Helen Stuart]. American authoress; born in Lockport, NY, on the 4th of July 1839. She was educated in Warren, RI, and at Mrs. Cook’s Seminary in Bloomfield, NJ. She began at an early age to contribute sketches to the newspapers, and made a study of the housekeeping problem, employments for women, and the condition of the poor in cities. Among her books are Unto the Third and Fourth Generation; The Problem of the Poor; Mrs. Herndon’s Income; What-to-do Club; Under Green Apple Boughs.
