Jennie Ellis Keysor

Jennie Ellis Keysor
B&W portrait photo of a young woman with hair in an up-do, wearing a checkered blouse with a high-necked white lace collar.
Portrait from A Woman of the Century
Born
Jennie Ellis

March 1, 1860
Austin, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedMay 16, 1945
Kirkwood, Missouri, U.S.
Occupations
  • educator
  • writer
Known forAdult education

Jennie Ellis Keysor (1860–1945) was an American pioneer in adult education and author of children's books on American literature and art topics.[1][2][3] In Omaha, Nebraska, she served on the Board of Lady Managers for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and led the Art Department of the city's Woman's Club.

  1. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "KEYSOR, Mrs. Jennie Ellis". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. p. 435. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Mrs. Jennie E. Keysor Dies, Author of Children's Books". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 17 May 1945. p. 17. Retrieved 25 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Mrs. Jennie Keysor Led in Adult Study". Evening World-Herald. 1 June 1945. p. 13. Retrieved 25 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com.