# Alice Cooper Bailey

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{{Short description|American writer}}
{{infobox writer
|name=Alice Cooper Bailey
|birth_date={{birth date|1890|12|9}}
|birth_place=[San Diego](/source/San_Diego), [California](/source/California), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1978|2|1|1890|12|9}}
|death_place=[Concord, Massachusetts](/source/Concord%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
|occupation=Writer
|education=[Wellesley College](/source/Wellesley_College)<br>[Oahu College](/source/Punahou_School)<br>[University of Hawaiʻi](/source/University_of_Hawai%CA%BBi)<br>[Boston Music Conservatory](/source/Boston_Music_Conservatory)
|genre=[Children's literature](/source/Children's_literature)
|spouse={{marriage|George William Bailey|1913}}
|children=3
|parents=[Henry E. Cooper](/source/Henry_E._Cooper)<br>Mary Ellen Porter
}}
'''Alice Cooper Bailey''' (December 9, 1890 – February 1, 1978) was an American writer of children's books and articles for periodicals. She is best known for the books ''Katrina and Jan'' and ''Kimo''.

==Early life and education ==
Bailey was born on December 9, 1890, in San Diego, California,<ref name="usm.edu">{{cite web |title=USM de Grummond Collection's ALICE COOPER BAILEY PAPERS |url=http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/degrum/public_html/html/research/findaids/bailey,ac.htm |website=www.lib.usm.edu}}</ref> daughter of [Henry Ernest Cooper](/source/Henry_Ernest_Cooper) and Mary Ellen, née Porter.<ref name="Commire">{{cite book |last1=Commire |first1=Anne |title=Something About the Author: Facts and Pictures About Contemporary Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young People, Volume 12 |date=1977 |publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning |isbn=9780810300729 |page=[https://archive.org/details/somethingaboutau12anne/page/22 22] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/somethingaboutau12anne/page/22 }}</ref>  Her family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, when she was a baby.<ref name="usm.edu"/><ref name="Hilleary">{{cite book |last1=Hilleary |first1=Perry Edward |last2=Judd |first2=Henry Pratt |title=Men and women of Hawaii, 1954: a biographical encyclopedia of persons of notable achievement, an historical account of the peoples who have distinguished themselves through personal success and through public service |date=1954 |publisher=Honolulu Business Consultants |page=45 }}</ref><ref name="Warren">{{cite news |last1=Warren |first1=Grace Tower |title=Realism of Children's Stories Lamented by Writer of Fantasy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/280530451/?terms=%22Alice%2BCooper%2BBailey%22 |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=25 January 1952 |page=11}}</ref> She attended [Wellesley College](/source/Wellesley_College), [Oahu College](/source/Oahu_College), the [University of Hawaii](/source/University_of_Hawaii), the [Boston Music Conservatory](/source/Boston_Music_Conservatory), and received a lifetime teaching diploma from the Honolulu Normal School.<ref name="usm.edu"/><ref name="Commire"/>

== Career ==

Bailey published seven books. Unpublished works included a children's history of Hawaii, to be called ''The Flying Umbrella'',<ref name="Warren"/><ref name="Matsuura">{{cite news |last1=Matsuura |first1=Patsy |title=Writer to Leave for Mainland |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/258906270/?terms=%22Alice%2BCooper%2BBailey%22 |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=3 April 1955 |page=D7}}</ref> and the story of her father, a former judge, minister of Foreign Affairs, and first Secretary of the Territory of Hawaii.<ref name="Matsuura"/> She wrote short stories and articles for periodicals, including ''American Girl'', ''Child Life'', ''Story Parade'', and ''Travel''.<ref name="usm.edu"/>

She was a member of the [Boston Authors Club](/source/Boston_Authors_Club).<ref name="Flagg">{{cite book |last1=Flagg |first1=Mildred Buchanan |title=Notable Boston authors: members of the Boston Authors Club, 1900-1966 |url=https://archive.org/details/notablebostonaut00flag |url-access=registration |date=1965 |publisher=Dresser, Chapman & Grimes |page=[https://archive.org/details/notablebostonaut00flag/page/32 32]}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Bailey married George William Bailey in 1913, and had three children.<ref name="Commire"/> She later separated from her husband, and lived in [Weston, Massachusetts](/source/Weston%2C_Massachusetts).<ref>{{cite news |title=Richard Bailey of Kamaaina Family Married in East |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/280955431/?terms=%22Alice%2BCooper%2BBailey%22 |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=25 July 1950 |page=11}}</ref> She died in [Concord, Massachusetts](/source/Concord%2C_Massachusetts), on 1 February 1978.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deaths |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/436663269/?terms=%22Alice%2BCooper%2BBailey%22 |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=The Boston Globe |date=3 February 1978}}</ref>

== Selected works ==

*Bailey, Alice Cooper, and Herman Rosse. ''Katrina and Jan''. New York: [P. F. Volland](/source/P._F._Volland_Company), 1923. {{OCLC|4726829}}<ref name="BaltimoreKatrina">{{cite news |title=For Juvenile Readers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/369597929/?terms=%22Alice%2BCooper%2BBailey%22 |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=The Evening Sun |date=19 May 1928 |location=Baltimore, Maryland |page=6}}</ref><ref name="Interesting">{{cite news |title=Interesting Information Concerning Books, Their Authors and Publishers - Notes On Juveniles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/380431110/?terms=%22Alice%2BCooper%2BBailey%22 |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=23 December 1923 |page=III-33}}</ref>
*Bailey, Alice Cooper. ''The Skating Gander''. New York: Wise-Parslow Co, 1927. {{OCLC|	2437943}}<ref name="Aikman">{{cite news |last1=Aikman |first1=Duncan |title=Book News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/433325425/?terms=%22The%2BSkating%2BGander%22 |work=El Paso Times |date=8 January 1928 |location=El Paso, Texas |page=4}}</ref>
*Bailey, Alice Cooper, and [Lucille Webster Holling](/source/Lucille_Webster_Holling). ''Kimo''. New York, N.Y.: Wise-Parslow, 1928. {{OCLC|3773422}}<ref name="Matsuura"/><ref name="Judson">{{cite news |last1=Judson |first1=Minerva |title=Best Books of Year Make Fine Gifts for Christmas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/96001597/?terms=%22Alice%2BCooper%2BBailey%22 |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=16 December 1928 |location=Oakland, California |page=8-S}}</ref>
*Bailey, Alice Cooper, Loretta Phillips, and Prentice Phillips. ''Sun Gold: A Story of the Hawaiian Islands''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1930. {{OCLC|16341752}}<ref name="Members">{{cite news |title=Books Our Members Like |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/89367381/?terms=%22Alice%2BCooper%2BBailey%22 |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=7 February 1931 |page=26}}</ref>
*Bailey, Alice Cooper. ''Footprints in the Dust''. New York: Longmans, Green, 1936. {{OCLC|	11819843}}<ref name="ShamokinFootprints">{{cite news |last1=Barton |first1=Olive Roberts |title=A Book A Day |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/66333326/?terms=%22Alice%2BCooper%2BBailey%22 |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=Shamokin News-Dispatch |date=10 March 1937 |location=Shamokin, Pennsylvania |page=4}}</ref>
*Bailey, Alice Cooper, and Yukio Tashiro. ''The Hawaiian Box Mystery''. New York: David McKay Co, 1962. {{OCLC|	38865767}}<ref name="Rainy">{{cite news |last1=Dostal |first1=Frank |title=Rx for a Rainy Day - Mysteries |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/136323834/?terms=%22Alice%2BCooper%2BBailey%22 |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=Democrat and Chronicle |date=29 May 1960 |location=Rochester, New York |page=16GH}}</ref><ref name="Kirkus1">{{cite journal |title=THE HAWAIIAN BOX MYSTERY |journal=Kirkus Reviews |date=1 March 1960 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alice-cooper-bailey/the-hawaiian-box-mystery/ |access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="Kirkus2">{{cite journal |title=THE HAWAIIAN BOX MYSTERY |journal=Kirkus Reviews |date=9 March 1960 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alice-cooper-bailey-2/the-hawaiian-box-mystery-2/ |access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="Bulletin">{{cite journal |title=New Titles for Children and Young People |journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books |date=May 1960 |volume=XIII |issue=9 |page=141 |url=https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/12496/bulletincenterchv00013i00009_opt.pdf?sequence=2 |access-date=16 December 2018 |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |archive-date=3 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103231654/https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/12496/bulletincenterchv00013i00009_opt.pdf?sequence=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Bailey, Alice Cooper. ''To Remember Robert Louis Stevenson''. New York: McKay, 1966. {{OCLC|	1051684}}<ref name="Dostal">{{cite news |last1=Dostal |first1=Frank |title=New Youthful Reading For Library Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/137160342/?terms=%22Alice%2BCooper%2BBailey%22 |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=Democrat and Chronicle |date=17 April 1966 |location=Rochester, New York |page=14W}}</ref>

==References ==
{{Portal|Children's literature}}
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== External links ==

* [https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/4/resources/497 Alice Cooper Bailey Papers], Special Collections at The University of Southern Mississippi (de Grummond Children's Literature Collection)
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Category:20th-century American women writers
Category:1890 births
Category:1978 deaths
Category:American children's writers

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