Katherine Jewell Everts

Katherine Jewell Everts was an American writer and teacher associated with voice training, elocution, and dramatic interpretation. The records I could confirm point to her as the author of The Speaking Voice: Principles of Training Simplified and Condensed (1908) and Vocal Expression: A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation (1911), both published by Harper & Brothers.

Contemporary references also show her appearing publicly as a performer and speaker. A 1906 report in the Daily Iowan described a dramatic recital by Miss Katherine Jewell Everts at the University of Iowa, and a later conference notice listed her among speakers on American speech and speech training, giving her location as Pomfret, Connecticut.

Much of her appeal today comes from how practical her books remain. Rather than treating the voice as a mystery, she wrote as a coach: breaking expression into trainable habits and linking good speaking to confidence, interpretation, and effective communication.