Florence Trail

Florence Trail
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	September 1, 1854 Frederick, Maryland, U.S.
Died	April 21, 1944(1944-04-21) (aged 89)
Resting place	Mount Olivet Cemetery Frederick, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Teacher author
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Frederick Female Seminary, Mt. Vernon Institute
Notable works	My Journal in Foreign Lands
Relatives	Charles Edward Trail (father)

Florence Trail (September 1, 1854 - April 21, 1944) was an American educator and author. Though she belonged to one of the wealthiest families of Maryland, she believed in the doctrine of self-support and left home to engage in teaching, first in Kentucky and North Carolina, and afterward in New York and Connecticut. On returning from an extended tour of Europe, she published My Journal in Foreign Lands (New York, 1885). This was followed by other volumes, among them: Studies in Criticism (New York, 1888), Under the Second Renaissance (Buffalo, 1894), and A History of Italian Literature.^[1] Trail died in 1944.