(the following is written "about the author" in her novel, Plantation Shadows.)
Eleanor Fox Ponder is an American of the old stock, her people having come to this country as early as 1670.
Born on a Mississipppi Plantation near Brandon, she received her primary education from a tutor. Having finished high school at Brandon, she attended Belhaven College at Jackson, Mississippi, and later attended the University of Mississippi and the Mississippi State College for Women at Columbus.
After teaching for years in various parts of the South-Gainsville, Georgia- she came to Houston when her husband, a minister, died. She has taught in the public schools of Houston for 22 years.
Mrs. Ponder received the degree of B.S. from the University of Houston in 1935 majoring in social sciences. She attended Columbia University in the summer time and is now working on her Master's degree by extension at the University of Texas.
Mrs. Ponder belongs to the National Teachers Association, Texas State Teachers Association and many other societies and associations. Incidentally she is a member of the First Methodist Church of Houston.
Mrs. Ponder has written verse and at one time was assistant to Frank L. Stanton of the Atlanta Constitution.
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(the following is in the foreword of her book, Glimpses of Heights and Depths)
"In her latest book of poems, GLIMPSES OF HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS, Eleanor Fox Ponder greatly enriches the world of poetry. Because she deals deftly in universal truth, her poetry is not circumscribed by boundaries of age or material posessions. With sincere sympathy for a friend who had just lost a son in battle, Eleanor Ponder wrote:
"My grief is deeper far, to live
With no such manly child to give."
Had she written no other lines, this couplet places Eleanor Fox Ponder in the shining galaxy of great poets.
LEET PRENSHAW
Eleanor Fox Ponder is an American of the old stock, her people having come to this country as early as 1670.
Born on a Mississipppi Plantation near Brandon, she received her primary education from a tutor. Having finished high school at Brandon, she attended Belhaven College at Jackson, Mississippi, and later attended the University of Mississippi and the Mississippi State College for Women at Columbus.
After teaching for years in various parts of the South-Gainsville, Georgia- she came to Houston when her husband, a minister, died. She has taught in the public schools of Houston for 22 years.
Mrs. Ponder received the degree of B.S. from the University of Houston in 1935 majoring in social sciences. She attended Columbia University in the summer time and is now working on her Master's degree by extension at the University of Texas.
Mrs. Ponder belongs to the National Teachers Association, Texas State Teachers Association and many other societies and associations. Incidentally she is a member of the First Methodist Church of Houston.
Mrs. Ponder has written verse and at one time was assistant to Frank L. Stanton of the Atlanta Constitution.
___________________________________
(the following is in the foreword of her book, Glimpses of Heights and Depths)
"In her latest book of poems, GLIMPSES OF HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS, Eleanor Fox Ponder greatly enriches the world of poetry. Because she deals deftly in universal truth, her poetry is not circumscribed by boundaries of age or material posessions. With sincere sympathy for a friend who had just lost a son in battle, Eleanor Ponder wrote:
"My grief is deeper far, to live
With no such manly child to give."
Had she written no other lines, this couplet places Eleanor Fox Ponder in the shining galaxy of great poets.
LEET PRENSHAW
(the following is written "about the author" in her novel, Plantation Shadows.)
Eleanor Fox Ponder is an American of the old stock, her people having come to this country as early as 1670.
Born on a Mississipppi Plantation near Brandon, she received her primary education from a tutor. Having finished high school at Brandon, she attended Belhaven College at Jackson, Mississippi, and later attended the University of Mississippi and the Mississippi State College for Women at Columbus.
After teaching for years in various parts of the South-Gainsville, Georgia- she came to Houston when her husband, a minister, died. She has taught in the public schools of Houston for 22 years.
Mrs. Ponder received the degree of B.S. from the University of Houston in 1935 majoring in social sciences. She attended Columbia University in the summer time and is now working on her Master's degree by extension at the University of Texas.
Mrs. Ponder belongs to the National Teachers Association, Texas State Teachers Association and many other societies and associations. Incidentally she is a member of the First Methodist Church of Houston.
Mrs. Ponder has written verse and at one time was assistant to Frank L. Stanton of the Atlanta Constitution.
___________________________________
(the following is in the foreword of her book, Glimpses of Heights and Depths)
"In her latest book of poems, GLIMPSES OF HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS, Eleanor Fox Ponder greatly enriches the world of poetry. Because she deals deftly in universal truth, her poetry is not circumscribed by boundaries of age or material posessions. With sincere sympathy for a friend who had just lost a son in battle, Eleanor Ponder wrote:
"My grief is deeper far, to live
With no such manly child to give."
Had she written no other lines, this couplet places Eleanor Fox Ponder in the shining galaxy of great poets.
LEET PRENSHAW
Eleanor Fox Ponder is an American of the old stock, her people having come to this country as early as 1670.
Born on a Mississipppi Plantation near Brandon, she received her primary education from a tutor. Having finished high school at Brandon, she attended Belhaven College at Jackson, Mississippi, and later attended the University of Mississippi and the Mississippi State College for Women at Columbus.
After teaching for years in various parts of the South-Gainsville, Georgia- she came to Houston when her husband, a minister, died. She has taught in the public schools of Houston for 22 years.
Mrs. Ponder received the degree of B.S. from the University of Houston in 1935 majoring in social sciences. She attended Columbia University in the summer time and is now working on her Master's degree by extension at the University of Texas.
Mrs. Ponder belongs to the National Teachers Association, Texas State Teachers Association and many other societies and associations. Incidentally she is a member of the First Methodist Church of Houston.
Mrs. Ponder has written verse and at one time was assistant to Frank L. Stanton of the Atlanta Constitution.
___________________________________
(the following is in the foreword of her book, Glimpses of Heights and Depths)
"In her latest book of poems, GLIMPSES OF HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS, Eleanor Fox Ponder greatly enriches the world of poetry. Because she deals deftly in universal truth, her poetry is not circumscribed by boundaries of age or material posessions. With sincere sympathy for a friend who had just lost a son in battle, Eleanor Ponder wrote:
"My grief is deeper far, to live
With no such manly child to give."
Had she written no other lines, this couplet places Eleanor Fox Ponder in the shining galaxy of great poets.
LEET PRENSHAW
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