Leila Herbert | |
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Born | February 12, 1868 Greenville, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | December 22, 1897 Washington, D.C. |
Resting place | Oakwood cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
Occupation | author |
Alma mater | St. Agnes School |
Genre | biography |
Subject | George Washington |
Notable works | The first American; his homes and his households |
Parents | Hilary A. Herbert |
Leila Herbert (1868-1897) was a 19th-century American author. During her lifetime, nothing of hers was published. She was very popular in society in Washington, D.C., and at Bar Harbor, Maine and at Newport, Rhode Island which places she visited during her father's administration while he served in the second cabinet of President Grover Cleveland, as Secretary of the Navy. She served as vice regent for Alabama of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association from 1894 until her death in 1897.[1][2][3]