The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

GLASGOW, Ellen Anderson Gholson, American novelist: b. Richmond, Va., 22 April 1874. She was educated privately and became prominent as an interpreter of the transition period in the Southern States after the close of the Civil War. Her works include &lsquo;The Descendant&rsquo; (1897); &lsquo;Phases of an Inferior Planet&rsquo; (1898); &lsquo;The Voice of the People&rsquo; (1900); &lsquo;The Freeman and Other Poems&rsquo; (1902); &lsquo;The Battleground&rsquo; (1902); &lsquo;The Deliverance&rsquo; (1904); &lsquo;The Wheel of Life&rsquo; (1906); &lsquo;Ancient Law&rsquo; (1908); &lsquo;Romance of a Plain Man&rsquo; (1909); &lsquo;The Miller of Old Church&rsquo; (1911); &lsquo;Virginia&rsquo; (1913); &lsquo;Gabriella&rsquo; (1916).