Eunice Gibbs Allyn

Eunice Gibbs Allyn
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Eunice Eloisae Gibbs 1847 (1847) Brecksville, Ohio, US
Died	June 30, 1916(1916-06-30) (aged 68–69) Dubuque, Iowa
Pen name	(multiple)
Occupation	correspondent, author, songwriter, illustrator, painter
Language	English
Nationality	American
Genre	poetry, prose
Notable works	The Cats' Convention
Spouse	Glarence Gilman Allyn ​ ​ (m. 1873; died 1911)​
Relatives	Harriet Bishop (mother's cousin), Mary Newbury Adams (aunt)

Eunice Gibbs Allyn (née, Gibbs; pen names, (multiple); 1847 – June 30, 1916) was an American correspondent, author, songwriter, illustrator, and painter. She intended to become a teacher, but her mother dissuaded her so she remained at home, entering into society, and writing in a quiet way for the local papers while using various pen names in order to avoid displeasing one of her brothers, who did not wish to have a "bluestocking" in the family.

Allyn served as the Washington correspondent for the Chicago Inter Ocean, as well as a writer for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and the New York World. She won distinction as an artist and lecturer. For eight years, she served as president of the Dubuque branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).^[1]