Emma Howard Wight

Emma Howard Wight
Photo in A Woman of the Century
Born(1863-08-25)August 25, 1863
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
DiedJune 24, 1935(1935-06-24) (aged 71)
Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
OccupationAuthor; newspaper correspondent
Alma materAcademy of Visitation, Baltimore
PartnerBertha von Hillern
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Emma Howard Wight (August 25, 1863 – June 24, 1935) was an American author and newspaper correspondent. After leaving school, she wrote occasionally for amusement. Her friend, Bertha von Hillern, induced Wight to start publishing her work. Articles by Wight appeared in various papers and were extensively copied. Her numerous theological articles attracted wide attention. She also wrote serial novels. Among her works can be counted Passion Flowers and the Cross. A novel (1891), The Soul of Edmund Jaffray, an emotionalism in 1 act (1892), My Husband (1893), A Loveless Marriage (1894), The Little Maid of Israel (1900), The Berkleys (1900), and Like No Other Love (1910).

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