Alice Mary Dowd

Alice Mary Dowd
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	December 16, 1855 Frankford, Virginia, U.S.
Died	July 2, 1943(1943-07-02) (aged 87) Hudson, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Pen name	Alice M. Dowd
Occupation	educator, author
Language	English
Alma mater	Westfield High School, Westfield State University
Genre	poetry, textbook
Notable works	Vacation Verses
Relatives	Luella Dowd Smith (sister)

Alice Mary Dowd (pen name, Alice M. Dowd; December 16, 1855 – July 2, 1943) was an American educator and author. She was born in Virginia in 1855 and began teaching at the age of seventeen. Dowd taught for more than three decades before retiring in 1926, having had experience in almost all phases of the work, including district school substitute, evening school, private school, high school, college, and Sunday school. Besides numerous uncollected poems, she published a volume entitled Vacation Verses in 1890.^[1] In 1906, she published Our Common Wild Flowers. With her sister, Luella Dowd Smith, she co-authored another book of poetry, Along the Way, in 1938. Dowd was an occasional contributor to papers, and at one time, a regular contributor to the magazine edition of Pasadena News. Dowd died in 1943.