Abbe Carter Goodloe

Born in Mississippi in 1874, she was educated at Stanton Female College and later worked as a teacher before building a writing career. Her books included fiction as well as historical and biographical works, and several drew on Southern settings and on the experiences of girls and young women.

She is especially remembered for titles such as College Girls, Stories of Red Mountain and Birmingham, and The Manor and the Bridle Path. Her career shows a mix of storytelling and local history, with an interest in education, place, and everyday life in the American South.

She died in 1960. A surviving portrait from her Wikipedia entry shows her as a young woman, and it appears to be the clearest readily available image associated with her.