Mrs. M. A. Pittock

Minnie A. Weeks Pittock, who published as M. A. Pittock, was an American novelist born in California on August 8, 1862. She was the adopted daughter of Reuben Weeks and Clarissa W. Churchill, later married George Washington Pittock, and had one son, Reuben Weeks Pittock.

Her best-known book is The God of Civilization: A Romance (1890), a feminist utopian novel. Set on a South Seas island, the story explores how wealth and social power shape people’s lives, especially women’s, and it stands out for challenging conventional ideas about marriage and society.

A second novel, Was He A Leper?, was announced as forthcoming, though it is not clear whether it was ever published. She died in Tucson, Arizona, on May 16, 1915.