Grace Hallock

Grace Taber Hallock (April 10, 1893 – August 17, 1967) was an American children's writer of the early to mid-20th century. Many of her books explained health and science issues, including Florence Nightingale and the Founding of Professional Nursing and Marie Curie (both published by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. as part of a series called Health Heroes).[2][3][4]

Grace Hallock
BornGrace Taber Hallock
April 10, 1893
Milton, New York
DiedAugust 17, 1967(1967-08-17) (aged 74)[1]
Newburgh, New York
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Period1922–1950s
GenreChildren's novels, health education

She was born in 1893 on the farm that belonged to her parents, Robin W. Hallock and Isabel Taber Hallock. She lived there her whole life.[5] She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1914 and afterward helped organize the suffragette organization in Ulster County, New York.[1]

Newbery Award

Hallock was recognized with a Newbery Honor in 1929 for The Boy Who Was, published in 1928.[6]

gollark: So this is technically not wrong, but only because it doesn't really say anything.
gollark: I'll have a look.
gollark: I only know networking *ironically*.
gollark: Suuuure.
gollark: Anyway, the mechanism here is obvious: poor treatment of tendon injuries causes more resources to be spent on attempting to repair the tendon, instead of being used to develop your brain so you would know how video codecs and containers work. This is definitely how it works.

References
  1. "Grace Taber Hallock, 74, Wrote Youth Health Books". The New York Times. August 19, 1967. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  2. "Grace Taber Hallock". JacketFlap.com.
  3. Hallock, Grace; Turner, Clare Elsmere (1959). Florence Nightingale and the Founding of Professional Nursing. Health heroes. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
  4. Hallock, Grace; Curie, Eve (1917). Marie Curie. Health heroes. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
  5. "Grace Hallock, Author, Dies". The Kingston Daily Freeman. August 18, 1967. p. 6. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  6. "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present". American Library Association. Retrieved December 30, 2009.


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