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Grace Ethelwyn Cody
b. 1867
Best known for a lively early-20th-century girls' novel, this American writer captured the excitement and social rituals of high school life. Her work survives today largely through Jacquette, a Sorority Girl, published in 1908 and now in the public domain.
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Jacquette, a Sorority Girl
by Grace Ethelwyn Cody
About the author
Grace Ethelwyn Cody was an American writer born in 1867. Reliable catalog and public-domain records consistently connect her with Jacquette, a Sorority Girl, a novel published in New York by Duffield in 1908.
That book follows a young girl entering a new school world shaped by friendship, rivalry, and student sororities. Modern readers can still find it through the Library of Congress and Project Gutenberg, which has helped keep Cody's name in circulation even though biographical details about her life are scarce.
Because so little well-sourced personal information is easy to confirm, Cody is remembered mainly through her writing rather than a widely documented public biography. What stands out is her place in early American fiction for young readers, especially stories about school life and girls' social worlds.