Lorinda Munson Bryant

Born near Granville, Ohio, in 1855, she was an American pharmacist, educator, and writer. After her husband, druggist Charles W. Bryant, died in 1886, she took over his store and in 1887 became one of the first women in Ohio to register as a pharmacist.

She later studied science at Cornell University and founded the Montrose School for girls in South Orange, New Jersey. When the school closed in 1905, she turned more fully to writing and went on to publish more than twenty books.

Many of her best-known works introduced general readers and children to painting, sculpture, architecture, landmarks, and travel, including Pictures and Their Painters, What Pictures to See in America, and several books in her "Children's Book" series. She also belonged to the American Geographical Society and the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.