Elizabeth Weston Timlow (June 24, 1861 – June 14, 1930), also written asElizabeth Westyn Timlow, was an American educator and writer. She wrote seven children's books, and was principal of Cloverside, a girls'boarding school in New Jersey and later inWashington, D.C.[1]
In 1894, Timlow and her sisters started a girls' boarding school named Cloverside inMontclair, New Jersey,[6][7] after their father's death left them in need of an income.[3] Elizabeth Timlow was the school's principal.[8][9]
They moved the Cloverside school to Washington, D.C., in 1909.[10][11] She andFlorence Breed Khan addressed the graduating class in 1913.[12]
She was traveling in Germany with five students in summer 1914, when German mobilization forWorld War I began, and she had to guide the party of girls to safety.[13]
Timlow also wrote books, beginning with a series of children's books published in the 1890s,Cricket, Cricket at the Seashore, andEunice and Cricket.[14][15] Further writing for children followed; she also wrote books for general readership, including one aboutMount Monadnock in New Hampshire.[16] "Never have I ever read a finer or grander description of a thunderstorm," wrote one reviewer of Timlow'sThe Heart of Monadnock.[17]
Timlow was a member of theDaughters of the American Revolution[18] and active in theParent Teacher Association in Washington.[19] She advocated smaller class sizes, older teachers, and teaching more study skills than "miscellaneous knowledge."[20] She gave presentations on education and psychology for women's clubs[21] and other community groups,[22][23][24] and on radio programs.[25]
^Daughters of the American Revolution (1892).Lineage Book. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Washington, D.C. : The Society; Harrisburg, Pa. : Harrisburg Pub. Co. pp. 390–391 – via Internet Archive.
^"Lecture for Mothers".The Washington Post. May 17, 1914. p. 11. RetrievedSeptember 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
