May Baldwin (8 May 1862, Lucknow, India - 1950) was a British girls' school story book author.[1]

An international traveller, Baldwin's work was far less nationalistic than that of her contemporaries.[2]

Early life

Baldwin trained to be a teacher at Bishop Otter College.[2]

Career

Her works include:

  • A Popular Girl: A Tale of School Life in Germany (1901)[3]
  • A Plucky Girl; or, The Adventures of 'Miss Nell' (1902)
  • Sibyl; or, Old School Friends (1903)
  • The Sunset Rock: A Story for Girls (1903)[4]
  • That Awful Little Brother (1904)
  • The Girls of St. Gabriel's; or, Life at a French School (1905)
  • Peg's Adventures in Paris (1906)[5]
  • Dora: A High School Girl (1906)
  • The Follies of Fifi (1907)
  • Mysie: A Highland Lassie (1907)
  • Holly House and Ridges Row: A Tale of London Old and New (1908)[6][7]
  • Golden Square High School (1908)
  • Barbara Bellamy: A Public School Girl (1909)[8]
  • Sarah's School Friend (1910)[9][10]
  • Two Schoolgirls of Florence (1910)
  • A Schoolgirl of Moscow (1911)
  • The Girls' Eton (1911)
  • A City Schoolgirl and Her Friends (1912)[11]
  • Corah's School Chums (1912)
  • Hilda's Experiences (1913)
  • A Schoolgirl's Diary: The Story of Her Holiday Beyond the Seas (1914)
  • Phyllis McPhilemy: A School Story (1915)
  • Mrs. Manning's Wards (1916)
  • Irene to the Rescue: The Story of an English Girl's Fight for the Right (1917)[12]
  • Miss Peter (1917)
  • Three Pickles in and out of School (1921)
  • A Schoolgirl of the Blue (1923)
  • The Twins Make Good (1928)

References

  1. ↑ "Books by May Baldwin (Author of A City Schoolgirl and Her Friends)". good reads.
  2. 1 2 Sims, Susan; Clare, Hilary (29 November 2017). The Encyclopaedia of Girls' School Stories. Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-0-8153-8227-0.
  3. ↑ Baldwin, May (October 31, 1901). "A Popular Girl: A school story by May Baldwin". W. & R. Chambers – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Baldwin, May (October 31, 1904). "The Sunset Rock: A Story for Girls". E.P. Dutton & Company – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Baldwin, May (October 31, 1906). "Peg's Adventures in Paris: A School Tale". E.P. Dutton – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Baldwin, May (October 31, 1908). "Holly House and Ridges Row: a Tale of London Old and New, Etc". London & Edinburgh – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "School Stories". Truth. London. 1908-11-25. p. 1272. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Baldwin, May (October 31, 1909). "Barbara Bellamy, a Public School Girl". W. & R. Chambers – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Baldwin, May (December 9, 2006). "Sarah's School Friend" – via Project Gutenberg.
  10. ↑ "Advertisement". Lippincott's Monthly Magazine: A Popular Journal of General Literature, Science and Politics. J.B. Lippincott and Company. December 1910. p. 42. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  11. ↑ Baldwin, May; Overnell, T. J. (January 2, 2010). "A City Schoolgirl and Her Friends" – via Project Gutenberg.
  12. ↑ Baldwin, May (October 31, 1917). "Irene to the Rescue: The Story of an English Girl's Fight for the Right". E.P. Dutton & Company – via Google Books.
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