Ruth Edna Kelley
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Biography
Kelley was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on April 8, 1893, the only child of Charles F. Kelley, a carpenter, and his wife Mary. She grew up in Lynn, and received a master of arts degree in literature, magna cum laude, from Radcliffe College.[2]
The Book of Hallowe'en was Kelly's first book. Her second book, A Life of Their Own (1947), dealt with immortality and spirituality.
Kelley died in Marblehead, Massachusetts, at the age of 88.
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Further reading
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- Who Was Who Among North American Authors, 1921-1939. Detroit: Gale Research, 1976.
- Who's Who in Library Service: A Biographical Directory of Professional Librarians of the United States and Canada. Third edition. Edited by Dorothy Ethlyn Cole. New York: Grolier Society, 1955.
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- 1893 births
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- American librarians
- American women librarians
- 20th-century American historians
- People from Marblehead, Massachusetts
- American women historians
- 20th-century American women writers
- Historians from Massachusetts
- Radcliffe College alumni