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	[[Image:alc.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 23, 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). The daughter of [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]], Ada completed her education as the Lasell Seminary near Boston, Massachusetts. Her senior essay received the attention of the editor of the ''Atlantic'', but she was so shy she declined his offer to publish it. (1) Her earliest attempt to attract attention was a series of "hospital Sketches," the result of a journey during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. (2)		[[Image:alc.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 23, 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). The daughter of [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]], Ada completed her education as the Lasell Seminary near Boston, Massachusetts. Her senior essay received the attention of the editor of the ''Atlantic'', but she was so shy she declined his offer to publish it. (1) Her earliest attempt to attract attention was a series of "hospital Sketches," the result of a journey during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. (2)

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	"Ada Langworthy Collier," Linwood Legacies. Online: http://www.linwoodlegacies.org/the-lucius-hart-langworthy-family.html		"Ada Langworthy Collier," Linwood Legacies. Online: http://www.linwoodlegacies.org/the-lucius-hart-langworthy-family.html

			Special appreciation to Pamela Brandt.

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	[[Image:alc.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 23, 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). The daughter of [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]], Ada completed her education as the Lasell Seminary near Boston, Massachusetts. Her senior essay received the attention of the editor of the ''Atlantic'', but she was so shy she declined his offer to publish it. (1)		[[Image:alc.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 23, 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). The daughter of [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]], Ada completed her education as the Lasell Seminary near Boston, Massachusetts. Her senior essay received the attention of the editor of the ''Atlantic'', but she was so shy she declined his offer to publish it. (1) Her earliest attempt to attract attention was a series of "hospital Sketches," the result of a journey during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. (2)

	Collier wrote short stories, essays, novels, poems and reviews that received critical acclaim. She occasionally used the pen names of "Anna L. Cunningham" or "Marguerite." ~~Her father was [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]]. Her mother, the former Valeria Bemis, was honored with the naming of Valeria Street.~~ (2)		Collier wrote short stories, essays, novels, poems and reviews that received critical acclaim. She occasionally used the pen names of "Anna L. Cunningham" or "Marguerite." (3)

	"Lilith," a poetical story published in 1892, is considered by some authorities to be her most important work. ~~Her first writings were hospital sketches~~ from ~~the [[CIVIL WAR]]~~. She also produced word pictures in her travel sketches entitled "A Day's Ramble" and "Among the Mountain Mists." Collier was a charter member and former president of the [[DUBUQUE LADIES' LITERARY ASSOCIATION]]. She married [[COLLIER, Robert Hutcheson\|Robert Hutcheson COLLIER]] in 1867. Their home on West 3rd was known as "Linden Croft." (3)		"Lilith," a poetical story published in 1892, is considered by some authorities to be her most important work. It received praise from reviewers in this country, London and Paris. She also produced word pictures in her travel sketches entitled "A Day's Ramble" and "Among the Mountain Mists." Her novel "On the Edge of a New Land" was published in serial form in the Overland Monthly

			Collier was a charter member and former president of the [[DUBUQUE LADIES' LITERARY ASSOCIATION]]. She married [[COLLIER, Robert Hutcheson\|Robert Hutcheson COLLIER]] in 1867. Their home on West 3rd was known as "Linden Croft." (4)

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	1. "Our Writers," ''Dubuque Daily Herald'', April 7, 1895, p. 7		1. "Our Writers," ''Dubuque Daily Herald'', April 7, 1895, p. 7

	2. Reves, Winona Evans. '''The Blue Book of Iowa Women: A History of Contemporary Iowa Women.''' Online:http://www.kinyon.com/iowa/iawomen1914/00538rogers.htm		2. "Notable Women of Iowa: Bright Writers and Educators of Goodly Fame," ''Chicago Daily Tribune'', July 8, 1888, p. 14

			3. Reves, Winona Evans. '''The Blue Book of Iowa Women: A History of Contemporary Iowa Women.''' Online:http://www.kinyon.com/iowa/iawomen1914/00538rogers.htm

	3. Ibid.		4. Ibid.

	"Ada Langworthy Collier," Linwood Legacies. Online: http://www.linwoodlegacies.org/the-lucius-hart-langworthy-family.html		"Ada Langworthy Collier," Linwood Legacies. Online: http://www.linwoodlegacies.org/the-lucius-hart-langworthy-family.html

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	[[Image:alc.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 23, 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). The daughter of [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius H.\|Lucius H. LANGWORTHY]], Ada completed her education as the Lasell Seminary near Boston, Massachusetts. Her senior essay received the attention of the editor of the ''Atlantic'', but she was so shy she declined his offer to publish it. (1)		[[Image:alc.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 23, 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). The daughter of [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]], Ada completed her education as the Lasell Seminary near Boston, Massachusetts. Her senior essay received the attention of the editor of the ''Atlantic'', but she was so shy she declined his offer to publish it. (1)

	Collier wrote short stories, essays, novels, poems and reviews that received critical acclaim. She occasionally used the pen names of "Anna L. Cunningham" or "Marguerite." Her father was [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]]. Her mother, the former Valeria Bemis, was honored with the naming of Valeria Street. (2)		Collier wrote short stories, essays, novels, poems and reviews that received critical acclaim. She occasionally used the pen names of "Anna L. Cunningham" or "Marguerite." Her father was [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]]. Her mother, the former Valeria Bemis, was honored with the naming of Valeria Street. (2)

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	[[Image:alc.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 23, 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). ~~Collier wrote short stories, essays, novels, poems and reviews that received critical acclaim. She occasionally used the pen names~~ of ~~"Anna L. Cunningham" or "Marguerite." Her father was~~ [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius ~~Hart~~\|Lucius ~~Hart~~ LANGWORTHY]]. Her ~~mother,~~ the ~~former Valeria Bemis~~, was ~~honored with the naming of Valeria Street~~.		[[Image:alc.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 23, 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). The daughter of [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius H.\|Lucius H. LANGWORTHY]], Ada completed her education as the Lasell Seminary near Boston, Massachusetts. Her senior essay received the attention of the editor of the ''Atlantic'', but she was so shy she declined his offer to publish it. (1)

	"Lilith," a poetical story published in 1892, is considered by some authorities to be her most important work. Her first writings were hospital sketches from the [[CIVIL WAR]]. She also produced word pictures in her travel sketches entitled "A Day's Ramble" and "Among the Mountain Mists." Collier was a charter member and former president of the [[DUBUQUE LADIES' LITERARY ASSOCIATION]]. She married [[COLLIER, Robert Hutcheson\|Robert Hutcheson COLLIER]] in 1867. Their home on West 3rd was known as "Linden Croft."		Collier wrote short stories, essays, novels, poems and reviews that received critical acclaim. She occasionally used the pen names of "Anna L. Cunningham" or "Marguerite." Her father was [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]]. Her mother, the former Valeria Bemis, was honored with the naming of Valeria Street. (2)

			"Lilith," a poetical story published in 1892, is considered by some authorities to be her most important work. Her first writings were hospital sketches from the [[CIVIL WAR]]. She also produced word pictures in her travel sketches entitled "A Day's Ramble" and "Among the Mountain Mists." Collier was a charter member and former president of the [[DUBUQUE LADIES' LITERARY ASSOCIATION]]. She married [[COLLIER, Robert Hutcheson\|Robert Hutcheson COLLIER]] in 1867. Their home on West 3rd was known as "Linden Croft." (3)

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	Reves, Winona Evans. '''The Blue Book of Iowa Women: A History of Contemporary Iowa Women.''' Online:http://www.kinyon.com/iowa/iawomen1914/00538rogers.htm		1. "Our Writers," ''Dubuque Daily Herald'', April 7, 1895, p. 7

			2. Reves, Winona Evans. '''The Blue Book of Iowa Women: A History of Contemporary Iowa Women.''' Online:http://www.kinyon.com/iowa/iawomen1914/00538rogers.htm

			3. Ibid.

	"Ada Langworthy Collier," Linwood Legacies. Online: http://www.linwoodlegacies.org/the-lucius-hart-langworthy-family.html		"Ada Langworthy Collier," Linwood Legacies. Online: http://www.linwoodlegacies.org/the-lucius-hart-langworthy-family.html

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	COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 23, 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). Collier wrote short stories, essays, novels, poems and reviews that received critical acclaim. She occasionally used the pen names of "Anna L. Cunningham" or "Marguerite." Her father was [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]]. Her mother, the former Valeria Bemis, was honored with the naming of Valeria Street.		[[Image:alc.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 23, 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). Collier wrote short stories, essays, novels, poems and reviews that received critical acclaim. She occasionally used the pen names of "Anna L. Cunningham" or "Marguerite." Her father was [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]]. Her mother, the former Valeria Bemis, was honored with the naming of Valeria Street.

	"Lilith," a poetical story published in 1892, is considered by some authorities to be her most important work. Her first writings were hospital sketches from the [[CIVIL WAR]]. She also produced word pictures in her travel sketches entitled "A Day's Ramble" and "Among the Mountain Mists." Collier was a charter member and former president of the [[DUBUQUE LADIES' LITERARY ASSOCIATION]]. She married [[COLLIER, Robert Hutcheson\|Robert Hutcheson COLLIER]] in 1867. Their home on West 3rd was known as "Linden Croft."		"Lilith," a poetical story published in 1892, is considered by some authorities to be her most important work. Her first writings were hospital sketches from the [[CIVIL WAR]]. She also produced word pictures in her travel sketches entitled "A Day's Ramble" and "Among the Mountain Mists." Collier was a charter member and former president of the [[DUBUQUE LADIES' LITERARY ASSOCIATION]]. She married [[COLLIER, Robert Hutcheson\|Robert Hutcheson COLLIER]] in 1867. Their home on West 3rd was known as "Linden Croft."
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	Reves, Winona Evans. ''The Blue Book of Iowa Women: A History of Contemporary Iowa Women.''Online:http://www.kinyon.com/iowa/iawomen1914/00538rogers.htm		Reves, Winona Evans. '''The Blue Book of Iowa Women: A History of Contemporary Iowa Women.''' Online:http://www.kinyon.com/iowa/iawomen1914/00538rogers.htm

			"Ada Langworthy Collier," Linwood Legacies. Online: http://www.linwoodlegacies.org/the-lucius-hart-langworthy-family.html

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	COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). Collier wrote short stories, essays, novels, poems and reviews that received critical acclaim. She occasionally used the pen names of "Anna L. Cunningham" or "Marguerite." Her father was [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]]. Her mother, the former Valeria Bemis, was honored with the naming of Valeria Street.		COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 23, 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). Collier wrote short stories, essays, novels, poems and reviews that received critical acclaim. She occasionally used the pen names of "Anna L. Cunningham" or "Marguerite." Her father was [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]]. Her mother, the former Valeria Bemis, was honored with the naming of Valeria Street.

	"Lilith," a poetical story published in 1892, is considered by some authorities to be her most important work. Her first writings were hospital sketches from the [[CIVIL WAR]]. She also produced word pictures in her travel sketches entitled "A Day's Ramble" and "Among the Mountain Mists." Collier was a charter member and former president of the [[DUBUQUE LADIES' LITERARY ASSOCIATION]]. She married [[COLLIER, Robert Hutcheson\|Robert Hutcheson COLLIER]] in 1867. Their home on West 3rd was known as "Linden Croft."		"Lilith," a poetical story published in 1892, is considered by some authorities to be her most important work. Her first writings were hospital sketches from the [[CIVIL WAR]]. She also produced word pictures in her travel sketches entitled "A Day's Ramble" and "Among the Mountain Mists." Collier was a charter member and former president of the [[DUBUQUE LADIES' LITERARY ASSOCIATION]]. She married [[COLLIER, Robert Hutcheson\|Robert Hutcheson COLLIER]] in 1867. Their home on West 3rd was known as "Linden Croft."

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	"Lilith," a poetical story published in 1892, is considered by some authorities to be her most important work. Her first writings were hospital sketches from the [[CIVIL WAR]]. She also produced word pictures in her travel sketches entitled "A Day's Ramble" and "Among the Mountain Mists." Collier was a charter member and former president of the [[DUBUQUE LADIES' LITERARY ASSOCIATION]]. She married [[COLLIER, Robert Hutcheson\|Robert Hutcheson COLLIER]] in 1867. Their home on West 3rd was known as "Linden Croft."		"Lilith," a poetical story published in 1892, is considered by some authorities to be her most important work. Her first writings were hospital sketches from the [[CIVIL WAR]]. She also produced word pictures in her travel sketches entitled "A Day's Ramble" and "Among the Mountain Mists." Collier was a charter member and former president of the [[DUBUQUE LADIES' LITERARY ASSOCIATION]]. She married [[COLLIER, Robert Hutcheson\|Robert Hutcheson COLLIER]] in 1867. Their home on West 3rd was known as "Linden Croft."

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	COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919)~~. Writer~~. Collier wrote short stories, essays, novels, poems and reviews that received critical acclaim. She occasionally used the pen names of "Anna L. Cunningham" or "Marguerite." Her father was [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]]. Her mother, the former Valeria Bemis, was honored with the naming of Valeria Street~~, north of Kaufmann Avenue~~.		COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). Collier wrote short stories, essays, novels, poems and reviews that received critical acclaim. She occasionally used the pen names of "Anna L. Cunningham" or "Marguerite." Her father was [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart\|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]]. Her mother, the former Valeria Bemis, was honored with the naming of Valeria Street.

	"Lilith," a poetical story published in 1892, is considered by some authorities to be her most important work. Her first writings were hospital sketches from the [[CIVIL WAR]]. She also produced word pictures in her travel sketches entitled "A Day's Ramble" and "Among the Mountain Mists." Collier was a charter member and former president of the [[DUBUQUE LADIES' LITERARY ASSOCIATION]]. She married [[COLLIER, Robert Hutcheson\|Robert Hutcheson COLLIER]] in 1867.		"Lilith," a poetical story published in 1892, is considered by some authorities to be her most important work. Her first writings were hospital sketches from the [[CIVIL WAR]]. She also produced word pictures in her travel sketches entitled "A Day's Ramble" and "Among the Mountain Mists." Collier was a charter member and former president of the [[DUBUQUE LADIES' LITERARY ASSOCIATION]]. She married [[COLLIER, Robert Hutcheson\|Robert Hutcheson COLLIER]] in 1867. Their home on West 3rd was known as "Linden Croft."

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			Reves, Winona Evans. ''The Blue Book of Iowa Women: A History of Contemporary Iowa Women.''Online:http://www.kinyon.com/iowa/iawomen1914/00538rogers.htm

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COLLIER, Ada Langworthy. (Dubuque, IA, Dec. 1843--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 6, 1919). Writer. Collier wrote short stories, essays, novels, poems and reviews that received critical acclaim. She occasionally used the pen names of "Anna L. Cunningham" or "Marguerite." Her father was [[LANGWORTHY, Lucius Hart|Lucius Hart LANGWORTHY]]. Her mother, the former Valeria Bemis, was honored with the naming of Valeria Street, north of Kaufmann Avenue.

"Lilith," a poetical story published in 1892, is considered by some authorities to be her most important work. Her first writings were hospital sketches from the [[CIVIL WAR]]. She also produced word pictures in her travel sketches entitled "A Day's Ramble" and "Among the Mountain Mists." Collier was a charter member and former president of the [[DUBUQUE LADIES' LITERARY ASSOCIATION]]. She married [[COLLIER, Robert Hutcheson|Robert Hutcheson COLLIER]] in 1867.

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