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Esther ForbesBy Katie
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Her Beginning
Esther Forbes was born on June 28,1891.
She was born in Westboro, Massachusetts.
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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
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Education
Brancroft School
• Started 1898
Bradford Academy
• Started 1909
• Left 1912
University of
Wisconsin• Started
1916• Left 1918
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Her End Esther Forbes died on August 12, 1967
in Worchester, Massachusetts. She was 76 years old.
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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
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The End