Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Pierce, Grace Adele 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)

    GRACE ADELE PIERCE, a literary woman and lecturer, for six years a resident
of Santa Monica, is the daughter of John C. and Marron A. (Pingrey) Pierce, and
was born in New York State. She was educated in her native State and in Boston,
where she trained for literary work and public speaking. She is an author known
on both continents, her poetical work being represented with honor in the
Bibliotheque National, Paris. She is the author of two books, "The Silver Cord
and The Golden Bowl"—a volume of poems—and "Child Study of the Classics," used
in the schools of Boston and introduced as a text-book throughout the state of
Massachusetts. Of her book of poems, Dr. Richard Burton says:

    " This book contains genuine poetry. The work is artistic, refined, pure and
high in quality, and inspired by worthy ideals. The work should be encouraged by
all earnest lovers of literature, because its ethical influence is strong and
the reader, while enjoying a poem aesthetically, is made better for its message."

    Mary Holland Kinkaid, the novelist, in writing of Miss Pierce, says: "Two
poems in Miss Pierce's volume have enjoyed wide fame. They are the sonnets on
Queen Victoria and on Browning's 'Saul.' The sonnet on Queen Victoria attained a
wide vogue in Great Britain. Miss Pierce's later poems fulfilled the promise
given by these two remarkable sonnets. While the author has the poetic gift she
has such versatility that she finds little time for verse. Her short stories are
likely to make her name in a field where few achieve supremacy. No one in
California better understands the technique of the short story and no one can
handle a dramatic incident more artistically. 'This fact has been so well
recognized by eastern editors that Miss Pierce has been kept busy filling her
numerous commissions. As a platform speaker Miss Pierce is not less brilliant
than as a writer. She has a talent for oratory; she has something to say and she
knows how to say it, for in all her activities she is an artist."

    Miss Pierce is a contributor to many of the leading magazines and journals
of the East and is writing largely for the western press. She is associated with
many of the organizations for the betterment of humanity and is deeply
interested in the wage-earning woman's problems. She is on the Advisory Board,
Committee of One Hundred, the National Health League, New Haven, Conn., and is
on the Board of Directors, the Ladies' Auxiliary R. C. P. A., Denver, Colorado.
Miss Pierce is also a member of the International League of American Pen Women,
Washington, D. C., and is associated with the Southern California Woman's Press
Club. Before coming to California Miss Pierce was connected with Chautauqua
publications, having been classed among "The Makers of Chautauqua Literature."
Bishop John H. Vincent, Chancellor of this great educational institution, said
of her work:

    "Miss Pierce's work is worthy in every way. She has genius. The book reveals
it. It yields the pleasant aroma of a human heart that has companioned with
Nature, felt the spell of Art, experienced the joys and sorrows of Life, and
found rest in God. The book does credit to her intellect and sympathies."

    Miss Pierce has an adopted sister—Miss Caroline M. Simmons—who has close
companionship with her in her life and work.


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Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief
history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County,
1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and
embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative
people.

Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)

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