Ellen M. Cyr Smith
1860
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1920
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country of citizenship: United States of America
occupation: writer
Ellen M. Cyr Smith was an American author and educator born in Canada. She was the author of the Cyr Readers, a series of basal readers that were popular in the 1890s. She is considered the first woman in the United States to widely market and sell a book series under her own name. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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