Eveleen Laura Mason

Eveleen Laura Knaggs Mason was born in Boston on September 3, 1838, and died in Brookline, Massachusetts, on September 7, 1914. She was known not only as a writer, but also as a suffragist and clubwoman whose public work focused on education, women's advancement, and practical aid for others.

As a young woman, she taught school, later fostered children in her home, and helped establish a travelers' aid program for young women arriving in Boston. She was active in organizations including the Brookline Education Society, served as a vice president of the Moral Education Association of Massachusetts, and founded the Queens of Home Club. She also took part in the woman suffrage movement, including speaking at major suffrage meetings in the 1880s.

Her writing ranged across fiction and nonfiction, often mixing feminist, political, utopian, and spiritual themes. Works such as Hiero-Salem and An Episode in the Doings of the Dualized are now often discussed as part of the tradition of early American speculative fiction by women, especially for their interest in androgyny and transformed social ideals.