| 词条 | Effie Wilder |
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Effie Leland Wilder (August 28, 1909 – July 19, 2007) was an American homemaker and author. She is notable for having published her first book, Out to Pasture, when she was 85 years old. Personal lifeShe was born on August 28, 1909 in Rockingham, North Carolina, USA, to Effie Williams Leland and Warren Allston Leland. She graduated from Converse College. She married Allison F. P. Wilder and had one daughter, Frances Townsend, and three sons, Allison F. P. Wilder, Jr., John A. L. Wilder, and W. Leland Wilder. She had seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She died July 19, 2007 in Summerville, South Carolina [1] at age 97. Career as authorWilder authored five books: Older But Wilder, Out To Pasture, One More Time, Over What Hill? and Oh, My Goodness!. Published when Wilder was 85 years old, her first book Out to Pasture received good reviews from the Christian Science Monitor.[2] Activities and honorsWilder served on the Board of Directors for the Lowcountry Red Cross for 16 years, Timrod Library for 15 years, the Dorchester County Library for 17 years and Summerville Meals on Wheels. She was an honorary Lifetime Member of Women of the Church at Summerville Presbyterian Church, former officer of the Summerville Preservation Society, and a member of the National Society of Colonial Dames in South Carolina. She received the Distinguished Alumna Award from Converse College in 1982. South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges proclaimed August 28, 2001 as Effie Wilder Day. She was also a recipient of the Order of the Palmetto. See also
References1. ^Obituary preview, legacy.com, referencing obituary at Charlotte Observer {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilder, Effie}}2. ^Success article{{Dead link|date=July 2010}} 7 : Novelists from South Carolina|1909 births|2007 deaths|20th-century American novelists|American women novelists|20th-century American women writers|People from Rockingham, North Carolina |
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