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Grace Steele Woodward
Grace Steele Woodward (14 September 1899 – 18 December 1987) was an American writer and historian known for non-fiction books. BiographyEarly life and educationGrace Steele was born on September 14, 1899, in Joplin, Missouri, U.S.[1] Her family moved to Webb City, Missouri, U.S.A., where she graduated from Webb City High School in 1917.[2][3] Woodward attended the University of Missouri, the University of Oklahoma, and Teachers College at Columbia University in New York, U.S.A. [2][4] CareerGrace worked as a professional storyteller.[5] Grace Steele married Guy Hendon Woodward, an attorney, in 1920; they started a family before she began her writing career with a course at the University of Tulsa.[5][1] Grace's stories appeared in Parents, Forecast, and Holland's Magazine. Sometimes she wrote under the pseudonym Marian Doane to protect the privacy of her children.[2] Mrs. Woodward's first book, The Man Who Conquered Pain (1962) was about William T.G. Morton, the dentist who promoted the use of ether.[2] Her second book, The Cherokees (1963) was a history of the Cherokee tribe and it received widespread acclaim.[2][5] Her third book, published in 1969, was a biography of Pocahontas. It won first prize from the Oklahoma State Writers.[1] Her fourth book, The Secrets of Sherwood Forest, was co-authored with her husband, Guy Woodward, and published in 1973; it covered the drilling of oil in Sherwood Forest during World War II.[2] Personal life, death, and legacyMrs. Woodward was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1968.[4] She was a member of .[1] Grace Steele Woodward was widowed when her husband of 52 years, Guy Woodward, died in 1979.[5] Grace passed 8 years later on December 18, 1987.[2] Works
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