Edith H. (Edith Hedden) Allen

Born in 1869, Edith H. Allen—also listed as Edith Hedden Allen—was an American writer whose surviving books place her in the world of Protestant home missions and social reform. She is credited with works including Home Missions in Action and The Trend of the Races.

The available records found here are quite limited, so only a small outline can be confirmed with confidence. Her writing appears to focus on the church’s role in American society, especially questions of service, education, and racial issues as they were discussed in her era.

Because reliable biographical sources on her life are scarce, details such as her education, personal history, and later years are not clearly established in the sources reviewed.