Esther Forbes By Katie
Feb 22, 2016
Esther ForbesBy Katie
Her Beginning Esther Forbes was born on June
28,1891. She was born in Westboro,
Massachusetts.
HomesWestboro,
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