Maria Brace Kimball

Maria Brace Kimball
"A Woman of the Century"
BornMaria Porter Brace
July 20, 1852
Penn Yan, New York, U.S.
Died1933
OccupationElocutionist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materVassar College
Notable worksA Text Book of Elocution; A Soldier-doctor of our army, James P. Kimball
Spouse
James Peleg Kimball
(m. 1892⁠–⁠1902)
ChildrenPhilip Brace Kimball

Maria Brace Kimball (July 20, 1852 — 1933) was an American elocutionist who taught, lectured, and wrote on the subject. She was an instructor in elocution and lecturer on dramatic literature in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts; lecturer on French theatre and dramatic literature in schools; teacher of elocution in Brearley School, New York City, 1883–92. She was the author of A Text Book of Elocution (1892) and A Soldier-doctor of our army, James P. Kimball (1917),[1] as well as various contributions to periodicals.[2]