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Josephine Pittman Scribner
An American writer, teacher, and public reader, she brought history to life in clear, vivid language for young audiences. Her best-known surviving work, The Pilgrims' First Christmas, reflects her gift for turning early American history into an engaging story.
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The Pilgrims' First Christmas
by Josephine Pittman Scribner
About the author
Born in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1868, Josephine Pittman Scribner was an American author whose life also reached into education and public speaking. Records available through LibriVox describe her as a teacher of elocution and physical culture in the early 1890s, as well as a professional reader.
She was also active in civic life: LibriVox notes that she served on the board of directors of the Woman's Franchise League of Indiana. That detail suggests a writer engaged not only with literature, but with the public conversations of her time.
Her best-known available book today is The Pilgrims' First Christmas, published in 1913 and preserved by Project Gutenberg. She died in 1941, and while little widely sourced biographical detail survives online, the outline that remains points to a versatile woman who worked across writing, performance, education, and reform.