Sarah Powers Bradish
Sarah Powers Bradish | |
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Born | Sarah E. Powers 1867 |
Died | 1922 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Ripon College, (B. A., 1871) |
Occupation(s) | Writer, temperance activist |
Known for | Writing on Norse mythology |
Spouse | James H. Bradish |
Children | Bertha and Herman |
Parent | Moses H. Powers of Green Lake, Wisconsin |
Sarah Powers Bradish (1867–1922) was an American writer. She is known for her textbook Old Norse Stories, published in 1900,[1] and a memoir titled ... Stories of Country Life.
Sarah Powers Bradish is also known for her service as Wisconsin State Secretary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
She was a graduate of Ripon College and traveled extensively in Europe. She traveled in England and France from 1872 to 1873. She resided in Dartford, Wisconsin, from 1873 to 1874; in Ripon, Wisconsin, from 1874 to 1875; and in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1875 to 1894.[2]
Her husband, James H. Bradish, also attended Ripon College. He became assistant general solicitor of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company, and a Minneapolis alderman. The couple had two children, Bertha and Herman.[3]
Works
[edit]- Bradish, Sarah Powers (1900). Old Norse stories. New York: American Book Company. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
- Bradish, Sarah Powers (1901). ... Stories of country life. New York: American Book Company. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
References
[edit]- ^ Sarah Powers Bradish (1900). Old Norse Stories. American Book Company (at Internet Archive). Retrieved January 12, 2013.
- ^ Ripon College (1894). General catalogue of Ripon College, 1851 to 1894. p. 21. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
- ^ "James H. Bradish". Progressive Men of Minnesota. pp. 478–479. Retrieved October 24, 2013.