Esther ForbesBy Katie

Her Beginning

Esther Forbes was born on June 28,1891.

She was born in Westboro, Massachusetts.

Homes

Westboro, MA

• 1891-1898

• Born here

Worchester, MA

• 1898-1926

• Moved here after mother inherited land here

New York City, NY

• 1926-1933

• Moved here after marriage

Worchester, MA

• 1933-1967

• Moved back here after divorce

• Stayed here until death

Education

Brancroft School

• Started 1898

Bradford Academy

• Started 1909

• Left 1912

University of

Wisconsin• Started

1916• Left 1918

Her Marriage Esther Forbes married Albert L. Hoskins,

Jr., on January 14, 1926. Sadly, they divorced in 1933, and Esther

Forbes moved back to Worchester, Massachusetts.

Books O Genteel Lady! -1926 A Mirror for Witches - 1928 Miss Marvel - 1935 Paradise - 1937 The General's Lady - 1938 Paul Revere and the World He

Lived In - 1942 Johnny Tremain - 1943 America’s Paul Revere -1946 The Running of the Tide - 1947 Rainbow on the Road - 1954

Awards for Her Books Pulitzer Prize in History for Paul Revere

and the World He Lived In – 1943 Newberry Medal for Johnny Tremain-

1944 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Novel award for

The Running of the Tide (for a prize of $150,000) in 1947

Other Achievements Esther Forbes received an honorary

Doctor of Letters degree from Clark University in 1943.

She was elected to become a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1949.

She became first woman elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1960.

Her End Esther Forbes died on August 12, 1967

in Worchester, Massachusetts. She was 76 years old.

Credits http://www.clarku.edu/research/archives

/collections/forbes.cfm http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.or

g/birthbios/brthpage/06jun/628forb.html http://www.gradesaver.com/author/esth

er-forbes/ http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/History http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bo

okmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal

http://www.bancroftschool.org/page.cfm?p=1

http://www.amacad.org/members.aspx

The End