Luella Dowd Smith

Luella Dowd Smith
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Jane Luella Dowd June 16, 1847 Sheffield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	July 4, 1941 Hudson, New York, U.S.
Occupation	educator, author, reformer
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	South Egremont Academy, Charles F. Dowd's Seminary
Genre	prose, verse
Literary movement	temperance
Spouse	Henry Hadley Smith ​ (m. 1875)​
Relatives	Alice Mary Dowd (sister)

Luella Dowd Smith (née, Dowd; June 16, 1847 – July 4, 1941) was an American educator and author of prose and verse. She was active in social reform movements of the day. Smith taught school for ten years and was the principal of three high schools and one academy. She was also active in the areas of temperance, Sunday school, prohibition, and equal suffrage. Smith wrote for the National Temperance Society. She was the author of Wayside Leaves, 1879; Wind Flowers, 1887; Flowers from Foreign Fields, 1895; The Value of the Church, 1898; Thirteen Temperance Theses and Two Trilogies, 1901;^[1] as well as Ways to win, 1904; Daily ideas and ideals, 1930; and Along the way; poems, 1938.