Olive Chapin Higgins 
F, #16706, b. Jan 7, 1882, d. Mar 24, 1974
| Relationship | 8th cousin 2 times removed of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr. |
| Charts | Snow Descendants Chart |
| Father* | Milton Prince Higgins b. Dec 7, 1842, d. Mar 8, 1912 |
| Mother* | Katherine Elizabeth Chapin b. Dec 11, 1847, d. Jan 9, 1925 |
Family | Lewis Isaac Prouty b. Jan 10, 1872, d. circa 1951 | |
Chronological Events | ||
| Birth* | Jan 7, 1882 | Olive Chapin Higgins was born on Jan 7, 1882 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States . |
| She was the daughter of Milton Prince Higgins and Katherine Elizabeth Chapin. | ||
| Marriage* | Jun 12, 1907 | Olive Chapin Higgins married Lewis Isaac Prouty on Jun 12, 1907 at Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.1 |
| Death* | Mar 24, 1974 | Olive Chapin Higgins died on Mar 24, 1974, at age 92 at Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Burial* | Mar 27, 1974 | She was buried on Mar 27, 1974 at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 6804301.2 |
| Book Excerpt* | Olive Higgins Prouty (1882-1974) was an American novelist, most active in the period between the First and Second World Wars. In this interval between women's suffrage and women's liberation, when few openly questioned the notion that a woman's fulfillment is to be found in a subordinate role, Prouty insisted on the importance, for women as well as for men, of independent judgment, freedom from illusion, and full personal responsibility for one's actions. Her stories depict the struggles of American women to achieve a life of integrity despite the stifling triviality of the social roles allotted to them. Of her ten novels, the best known are Stella Dallas (1923) and Now, Voyager (1941). 1909 Professional writing career began with encouragement from Albert Boyden, editor of American Magazine. He published "When Elsie Came Home". 1913 Olive Prouty transformed her stories into her first novel, Bobbie, General, Manager. 1915 The Fifth Wheel is published. 1918 Star in the Window is published. 1919 Good Sports (short stories) is published. 1922 Stella Dallas is published. 1927 Conflict is published. 1931-1951 Wrote a series of novels involving a wealthy Boston family. 1931 White Fawn is published. 1937 Movie adaptation of Stella Dallas. 1938 Lisa Vale is published. 1941 Now, Voyager is published. 1942 Movie adaptation of Now, Voyager. 1945 Off the Deep End is published. 1947 Home Port is published. 1951 Fabia is published. 1961 Pencil Shavings (her memoir) is published. Olive Higgins was the youngest child of a well-to-do family in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her family's social life revolved around the conservative, evangelical Congregational church, where her strong-willed mother was superintendent of the Sunday school. Although she admitted to religious doubts and answered, " I guess so," when the minister asked if she believed in Jesus Christ, her family insisted that she join the church at the socially sanctioned age of thirteen. She was left with a painful sense of the discrepancy between the fervent language she heard in church and the shallowness of spiritual experience deemed acceptable for membership. In 1894 Suffered a "nervous breakdown" that lasted nearly two years. In 1900 Graduated from Worcester Classical High School. From the time she was in high school, Olive dreamed of becoming a writer. She received a Bachelor in Literature degree from Smith College. After graduating from Smith College in 1904, she wished to earn her own living, but bowed to family pressure to return home. Courted by Lewis Prouty, the older brother of a college friend, she feared that marriage would mean the end of her hopes for a career of her own. Lewis, however, turned out to be supportive of Olive's ambition; he suggested that she take writing courses at Radcliffe and introduced her to the editor who accepted her first stories. Olive and Lewis were married in January 7, 1907. In 1908 Olive Prouty & her husband moved to Brookline, Massachusetts. -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.clarku.edu/offices/library/archives/ProutyBio.htm.3 | |