Born in Illinois, the daughter of Circuit Court Judge George S. King and Josephine Campbell, Jennie married William Frye on 3 Aug 1883 and produced three sons and three daughters. She spent her girlhood in Oswego, Kansas where she started her career as a writer; a natural inclination as her father was an editor for many years in Maryland and Kansas. A magazine writer of wide reputation, Jennie also penned stories and poems for children as well as adults. When offered the editorship of "Mother's Magazine", she declined rather than be separated from her family, who were moving east to Washington D.C.
In June 1897, Virginia gathered with 17 other women for the purpose of organizing a literary club; drawn together by solidarity of interest and for the "mutual strength that comes of unity". Marion Longfellow (niece of the poet) and Margaret Burke Sullivan conceived the plan, carefully selecting the women from the cream of writers and illustrators in Washington. As a charter member of The League of American Pen Women, Virginia King Frye was its first Treasurer and the eighth President from 1906 -1907. Dues were $2 that year and her programs included contributors LaSalle Corbell Pickett (wife of Confederate General George Pickett) and Vinnie Ream Hoxie (sculptor of Abe Lincoln's statue in the Capitol Rotunda). A lifelong active member of the Pen Women, Virginia referred to attending the 1936 annual convention in correspondence to her daughter-in-law and was honored guest of the Cleveland Congress held in May 1937. The League has been home to over 55,000 women writers, artists and musicians, with 135 branches throughout the U.S.
Often described as more than ordinarily handsome, Virginia boasted descent from Lord Baltimore. The very embodiment of energy and culture, Mrs. Frye was often mentioned in the society page of the Washington Herald in the early 1900's. "The story of the evening was contributed by Virginia King Frye…fully up to the mark of exceptional ability set by that favorite story writer on previous occasions". She was well qualified to edit a syndicated feature called "The Children's Page" and authored "What Women Find to Do", "The Turn of the Road" and "St. Patrick's First Church of the Federal City", along with a host of other stories. An article in the Miami Muse by Vivian Yeiser Laramore (poet laureate of Florida) said of Virginia, "under soft waves of silvery hair, hers is the face of a flower, and even a casual acquaintance may discern her philosophy is akin to the flower- facing the sun, and letting the shadows fall behind".
My great grandmother Jennie passed in 1939. It seems fitting to end with a quote from her poem titled "Consolation":
"There is nothing, alas that another can do,
And little that can be said,
To solace and cheer the heart bowed down
By the side of its dearest dead.
Oh mystery grim! Oh darkness drear,
When the soul we have cherished in love
Slips out from our care to the vast beyond,
Leaving but memory's trove."
In June 1897, Virginia gathered with 17 other women for the purpose of organizing a literary club; drawn together by solidarity of interest and for the "mutual strength that comes of unity". Marion Longfellow (niece of the poet) and Margaret Burke Sullivan conceived the plan, carefully selecting the women from the cream of writers and illustrators in Washington. As a charter member of The League of American Pen Women, Virginia King Frye was its first Treasurer and the eighth President from 1906 -1907. Dues were $2 that year and her programs included contributors LaSalle Corbell Pickett (wife of Confederate General George Pickett) and Vinnie Ream Hoxie (sculptor of Abe Lincoln's statue in the Capitol Rotunda). A lifelong active member of the Pen Women, Virginia referred to attending the 1936 annual convention in correspondence to her daughter-in-law and was honored guest of the Cleveland Congress held in May 1937. The League has been home to over 55,000 women writers, artists and musicians, with 135 branches throughout the U.S.
Often described as more than ordinarily handsome, Virginia boasted descent from Lord Baltimore. The very embodiment of energy and culture, Mrs. Frye was often mentioned in the society page of the Washington Herald in the early 1900's. "The story of the evening was contributed by Virginia King Frye…fully up to the mark of exceptional ability set by that favorite story writer on previous occasions". She was well qualified to edit a syndicated feature called "The Children's Page" and authored "What Women Find to Do", "The Turn of the Road" and "St. Patrick's First Church of the Federal City", along with a host of other stories. An article in the Miami Muse by Vivian Yeiser Laramore (poet laureate of Florida) said of Virginia, "under soft waves of silvery hair, hers is the face of a flower, and even a casual acquaintance may discern her philosophy is akin to the flower- facing the sun, and letting the shadows fall behind".
My great grandmother Jennie passed in 1939. It seems fitting to end with a quote from her poem titled "Consolation":
"There is nothing, alas that another can do,
And little that can be said,
To solace and cheer the heart bowed down
By the side of its dearest dead.
Oh mystery grim! Oh darkness drear,
When the soul we have cherished in love
Slips out from our care to the vast beyond,
Leaving but memory's trove."
Born in Illinois, the daughter of Circuit Court Judge George S. King and Josephine Campbell, Jennie married William Frye on 3 Aug 1883 and produced three sons and three daughters. She spent her girlhood in Oswego, Kansas where she started her career as a writer; a natural inclination as her father was an editor for many years in Maryland and Kansas. A magazine writer of wide reputation, Jennie also penned stories and poems for children as well as adults. When offered the editorship of "Mother's Magazine", she declined rather than be separated from her family, who were moving east to Washington D.C.
In June 1897, Virginia gathered with 17 other women for the purpose of organizing a literary club; drawn together by solidarity of interest and for the "mutual strength that comes of unity". Marion Longfellow (niece of the poet) and Margaret Burke Sullivan conceived the plan, carefully selecting the women from the cream of writers and illustrators in Washington. As a charter member of The League of American Pen Women, Virginia King Frye was its first Treasurer and the eighth President from 1906 -1907. Dues were $2 that year and her programs included contributors LaSalle Corbell Pickett (wife of Confederate General George Pickett) and Vinnie Ream Hoxie (sculptor of Abe Lincoln's statue in the Capitol Rotunda). A lifelong active member of the Pen Women, Virginia referred to attending the 1936 annual convention in correspondence to her daughter-in-law and was honored guest of the Cleveland Congress held in May 1937. The League has been home to over 55,000 women writers, artists and musicians, with 135 branches throughout the U.S.
Often described as more than ordinarily handsome, Virginia boasted descent from Lord Baltimore. The very embodiment of energy and culture, Mrs. Frye was often mentioned in the society page of the Washington Herald in the early 1900's. "The story of the evening was contributed by Virginia King Frye…fully up to the mark of exceptional ability set by that favorite story writer on previous occasions". She was well qualified to edit a syndicated feature called "The Children's Page" and authored "What Women Find to Do", "The Turn of the Road" and "St. Patrick's First Church of the Federal City", along with a host of other stories. An article in the Miami Muse by Vivian Yeiser Laramore (poet laureate of Florida) said of Virginia, "under soft waves of silvery hair, hers is the face of a flower, and even a casual acquaintance may discern her philosophy is akin to the flower- facing the sun, and letting the shadows fall behind".
My great grandmother Jennie passed in 1939. It seems fitting to end with a quote from her poem titled "Consolation":
"There is nothing, alas that another can do,
And little that can be said,
To solace and cheer the heart bowed down
By the side of its dearest dead.
Oh mystery grim! Oh darkness drear,
When the soul we have cherished in love
Slips out from our care to the vast beyond,
Leaving but memory's trove."
In June 1897, Virginia gathered with 17 other women for the purpose of organizing a literary club; drawn together by solidarity of interest and for the "mutual strength that comes of unity". Marion Longfellow (niece of the poet) and Margaret Burke Sullivan conceived the plan, carefully selecting the women from the cream of writers and illustrators in Washington. As a charter member of The League of American Pen Women, Virginia King Frye was its first Treasurer and the eighth President from 1906 -1907. Dues were $2 that year and her programs included contributors LaSalle Corbell Pickett (wife of Confederate General George Pickett) and Vinnie Ream Hoxie (sculptor of Abe Lincoln's statue in the Capitol Rotunda). A lifelong active member of the Pen Women, Virginia referred to attending the 1936 annual convention in correspondence to her daughter-in-law and was honored guest of the Cleveland Congress held in May 1937. The League has been home to over 55,000 women writers, artists and musicians, with 135 branches throughout the U.S.
Often described as more than ordinarily handsome, Virginia boasted descent from Lord Baltimore. The very embodiment of energy and culture, Mrs. Frye was often mentioned in the society page of the Washington Herald in the early 1900's. "The story of the evening was contributed by Virginia King Frye…fully up to the mark of exceptional ability set by that favorite story writer on previous occasions". She was well qualified to edit a syndicated feature called "The Children's Page" and authored "What Women Find to Do", "The Turn of the Road" and "St. Patrick's First Church of the Federal City", along with a host of other stories. An article in the Miami Muse by Vivian Yeiser Laramore (poet laureate of Florida) said of Virginia, "under soft waves of silvery hair, hers is the face of a flower, and even a casual acquaintance may discern her philosophy is akin to the flower- facing the sun, and letting the shadows fall behind".
My great grandmother Jennie passed in 1939. It seems fitting to end with a quote from her poem titled "Consolation":
"There is nothing, alas that another can do,
And little that can be said,
To solace and cheer the heart bowed down
By the side of its dearest dead.
Oh mystery grim! Oh darkness drear,
When the soul we have cherished in love
Slips out from our care to the vast beyond,
Leaving but memory's trove."
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FRYE / WILLIAM WOOD 1862 - 1935 / AND WIFE / VIRGINIA KING FRYE / 1862 - 1939
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