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Susanna Louise Patteson (1853-1922) was an American stebographer, educator, and author who wrote "Pussy Meow: the autobiography of a cat".[1] She also wrote the children's book Letters from Pussycatville.[2] She also wrote How to Have Bird Neighbors.[3] She also wrote When I was a Girl in Switzerland.[4] Her photographs were used to illustrate her books on cats. She helped organize a group to aid vagrant cats.[5]

She worked as a stenographer[6] and librarian in Cleveland, Ohio.[7] She wrote a book on stenography and advocated for higher status and educational opportunities for women's professions of the time such as nursemaids. She was a local council candidate for the prohibition ticket. She was Swiss.[8]

She was a local superintendent.[9]

In 1973, Cleveland sculptor Frank L. Jirouch was working on a sculpture honoring her.

Books

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  • Pianic Phonography[8]
  • How to Have Bird Neighbors George W. Jacobs & Co. Philadelphia (1918)[10]
  • How to Attract Birds[11]
  • Pussy Meow; The autobiography of a cat
  • Letters from Pussycatville (1903)[12]
  • My Name is Meow
  • Kitty-Kat Kimmie, A cat's tale
  • Complete Manual of Pitmanic Photography, self published (1895)[13]
  • When I Was a Girl in Switzerland, her memoir

Articles

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  • "Bird Architecture"[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Pussy Meow: The autobiography of a cat, | Library of Congress". Library of Congress.
  2. ^ Patteson, Susanna Louise (December 5, 1903). "Letters from Pussycatville: By S. Louise Patteson ... Illustrations from Photographs by the Author". G. W. Jacobs & Company – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Patteson, S. Louise (Susanna Louise) (June 7, 2021). How To Have Bird Neighbors – via Project Gutenberg.
  4. ^ Holland, Evangeline (June 18, 2012). "When I Was a Child of Other Lands".
  5. ^ "Champions for the cats". The Cleveland Leader. 20 March 1904. p. 8.
  6. ^ "The Cleveland Directory Co.'s Cleveland (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) City Directory". Cleveland Directory Company. December 5, 1906 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Education, United States Bureau of (December 5, 1893). "Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, for ..." U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b "New Professions For Women". The Plain Dealer. January 19, 1896. p. 24 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Union, Woman's Christian Temperance (December 5, 1889). "Minutes of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union at The... Annual Meeting in ... with Addresses, Reports, and Constitutions" – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Patteson, Susanna Louise (December 5, 1917). "How to Have Bird Neighbors". D.C. Heath – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Patteson, S. Louise (January 1, 2021). "How To Have Bird Neighbors: Popular Books by S. Louise Patteson : All times Bestseller Demanding Books". Beyond Books Hub – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Library (R.I.), Providence Public (December 5, 1903). "Quarterly Bulletin of the Providence Public Library". Snow & Farnham – via Google Books.
  13. ^ "The Annual American Catalogue". Publishers' Weekly. December 5, 1895 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ "The School Arts Magazine". School Arts Publishing Company. December 5, 1914 – via Google Books.