Amanda T. Jones
One of the few Kansas women to have a place in
"Who's Who'' was the late Amanda T. Jones of Junction City. She was one of the most prolific poets of Kansas.
Her "Atlantic'' is a story of the rebellion;
"Utah and Other Poems;'' "A Prairie Idyl;'' "Flowers and a Weed;'' and "Rubaiyat of Solomon Valley'' are volumes of verse. Her prose:
"Children's Stories,'' "Fairy Arrows'' and "The White Blackbird;'' "A Psychic Autobiography,'' published in 1908;
"Man and Priest,'' a story of psychic detection; "Mother of Pioneers,'' and a novel ready for publication,
"A Daughter of Wall St.''
Miss Jones originated a working women's home and patented many inventions, mostly household necessities.
Related:
Source: "Kansas Women in
Literature", Nettie Garmer Barker, S. I. Messeraull & Son,
Kansas City, Kansas, 1915
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