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ROSE WHITNEY SMITH
The author of this book was Rose Whitney Smith. She was born to Cornelia Frances Shepherd and Edmund Carter Whitney on June 5,
1879 and was a third generation great granddaughter of the famous inv...view moreThe author of this book was Rose Whitney Smith. She was born to Cornelia Frances Shepherd and Edmund Carter Whitney on June 5,
1879 and was a third generation great granddaughter of the famous inventor Eli Whitney. Rose not only wrote this book, but also wrote short
stories, some that were published in the Boston Globe, Boston Herald and the Lexington Minute Man in Lexington, MA.
Rose passed away in 1959 before she could have the book published, but she did send it to several publishers for review. Some were very
critical, but other publishers loved it and offered her very good suggestions, even telling her it could be made into a movie.
Rose met and marred George Smith who also wrote poetry. Together they had three children, Phillip, Sarah and Carole. Phillip was an
inventor with Bell Telephone Labs located in Newark, New Jersey. Sarah also wrote poetry and became famous re-inventing the art of
making and preserving the lost art of “Apple Head” Dolls, an old Indian tradition. Sarah was on the Good Morning America show on TV
giving a demonstration of how to carve and preserve the dolls, besides giving talks and seminars all over the New England area. Her
husband, Oliver Hooper, was instrumental in making the small, tiny background furniture, etc.
Rose, known as “Gram” or “Grammy” to her grandchildren and would have loved to have known that some of her grandchildren and
great grandchildren also became successful writers of short stories, music and poems and carry on the Whitney genes. Peter writes songs and
plays music besides being a graphic artist illustrator and Betsy is an artist in her own right. Two of her great grandchildren write poetry and one great great grandchild writes poetry also.view less