Eliza Frances Andrews

Eliza Frances Andrews (August 10, 1840 - January 21, 1931) was a popular American writer of the Gilded Age. Her shorter works were published in popular magazines and papers, including the ''New York World'' and ''Godey's Lady's Book''. Her longer works include ''The War-Time Journal of a Georgian Girl'' (1908) and two botany textbooks.

Andrews gained fame in the fields of literature, education, and science, and had success both as an essayist and a novelist. Financial difficulties led her to begin teaching after the deaths of her parents, though she continued to publish her writing. In her retirement, she published two textbooks on botany entitled ''Botany All the Year Round'' and ''Practical Botany'', the latter of which became popular in Europe and was translated for schools in France. Provided by Wikipedia