Biography: A 1905 graduate of Western High School, and a 1909 graduate of Goucher College. Miss Stockett was a well-known local author, penning Baltimore: A Not Too Serious History in 1928, and America, First, Fast & Furious in 1930. In addition to being a wonderful writer, she was also a first-rate English teacher who had a legendary 30-year career at the Friends School of Baltimore. A prim and proper woman, who had a delightful sense of humor, spoke with precision, and called all her students by their last names. She also used to teach in the round; she would orient all of her students’ desks in a circle, or a rectangle, facing inwards, and she would stand in the middle. The senior English award is named in her honor.
MISS STOCKETT RITES PLANNED
Funeral To Be Held Thursday In Mount Calvary Church
Funeral services for Miss M. Letitia Stockett, Baltimore author who died Sunday in the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, will be held at 10.15 A.M. Thursday at Mount Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Green Mount Cemetery. Death was caused by a blood clot following an operation for a fractured kneecap. Miss Stockett had been in a bicycle accident last summer while on a leave of absence from Friends School here. A second fall which injured the same kneecap necessitated the second operation. 1928 Book On Baltimore Miss Stockett first gained literary recognition in 1928 with the publication of her book, "Baltimore—A Not Too Serious History." Shortly afterword, she published an account of her travels about the country, entitled "America: First, Fast and Furious." A book of verse, "Hoofs and Pegasus," was published a short time later. For 30 years, Miss Stockett was a member of the faculty of Friends School, where she taught English. Miss Stockett was born in Baltimore, the daughter of Joseph Noble Stockett and Florence Stockett. She attended Western High School, where she studied under Imogene George and Lizette Woodworth Reese, both Baltimore literary figures. Graduated From Goucher In 1909 she was graduated from Goucher College. Later she went to Stamford, Conn., where she taught in a girls' school for four years. A popular lecturer, she spoke before local groups on such subjects as heroes and heroines of the Western Shore, Amy Lowell and Lizette Woodworth Reese, her former teacher. On one occasion Miss Stockett delivered a lecture in the operating amphitheater of the University Hospital. Several years ago she withdrew the lecture field and restricted her activities to teaching. Miss Stockett was fond of vacationing at South Duxbury, Mass., where she astonished her friends by a daily routine of vigorous physical exercise in walking and swimming. [The Baltimore Sun, 15th March 1949, Page 13]
MISS STOCKETT RITES PLANNED
Funeral To Be Held Thursday In Mount Calvary Church
Funeral services for Miss M. Letitia Stockett, Baltimore author who died Sunday in the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, will be held at 10.15 A.M. Thursday at Mount Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Green Mount Cemetery. Death was caused by a blood clot following an operation for a fractured kneecap. Miss Stockett had been in a bicycle accident last summer while on a leave of absence from Friends School here. A second fall which injured the same kneecap necessitated the second operation. 1928 Book On Baltimore Miss Stockett first gained literary recognition in 1928 with the publication of her book, "Baltimore—A Not Too Serious History." Shortly afterword, she published an account of her travels about the country, entitled "America: First, Fast and Furious." A book of verse, "Hoofs and Pegasus," was published a short time later. For 30 years, Miss Stockett was a member of the faculty of Friends School, where she taught English. Miss Stockett was born in Baltimore, the daughter of Joseph Noble Stockett and Florence Stockett. She attended Western High School, where she studied under Imogene George and Lizette Woodworth Reese, both Baltimore literary figures. Graduated From Goucher In 1909 she was graduated from Goucher College. Later she went to Stamford, Conn., where she taught in a girls' school for four years. A popular lecturer, she spoke before local groups on such subjects as heroes and heroines of the Western Shore, Amy Lowell and Lizette Woodworth Reese, her former teacher. On one occasion Miss Stockett delivered a lecture in the operating amphitheater of the University Hospital. Several years ago she withdrew the lecture field and restricted her activities to teaching. Miss Stockett was fond of vacationing at South Duxbury, Mass., where she astonished her friends by a daily routine of vigorous physical exercise in walking and swimming. [The Baltimore Sun, 15th March 1949, Page 13]
Biography: A 1905 graduate of Western High School, and a 1909 graduate of Goucher College. Miss Stockett was a well-known local author, penning Baltimore: A Not Too Serious History in 1928, and America, First, Fast & Furious in 1930. In addition to being a wonderful writer, she was also a first-rate English teacher who had a legendary 30-year career at the Friends School of Baltimore. A prim and proper woman, who had a delightful sense of humor, spoke with precision, and called all her students by their last names. She also used to teach in the round; she would orient all of her students’ desks in a circle, or a rectangle, facing inwards, and she would stand in the middle. The senior English award is named in her honor.
MISS STOCKETT RITES PLANNED
Funeral To Be Held Thursday In Mount Calvary Church
Funeral services for Miss M. Letitia Stockett, Baltimore author who died Sunday in the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, will be held at 10.15 A.M. Thursday at Mount Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Green Mount Cemetery. Death was caused by a blood clot following an operation for a fractured kneecap. Miss Stockett had been in a bicycle accident last summer while on a leave of absence from Friends School here. A second fall which injured the same kneecap necessitated the second operation. 1928 Book On Baltimore Miss Stockett first gained literary recognition in 1928 with the publication of her book, "Baltimore—A Not Too Serious History." Shortly afterword, she published an account of her travels about the country, entitled "America: First, Fast and Furious." A book of verse, "Hoofs and Pegasus," was published a short time later. For 30 years, Miss Stockett was a member of the faculty of Friends School, where she taught English. Miss Stockett was born in Baltimore, the daughter of Joseph Noble Stockett and Florence Stockett. She attended Western High School, where she studied under Imogene George and Lizette Woodworth Reese, both Baltimore literary figures. Graduated From Goucher In 1909 she was graduated from Goucher College. Later she went to Stamford, Conn., where she taught in a girls' school for four years. A popular lecturer, she spoke before local groups on such subjects as heroes and heroines of the Western Shore, Amy Lowell and Lizette Woodworth Reese, her former teacher. On one occasion Miss Stockett delivered a lecture in the operating amphitheater of the University Hospital. Several years ago she withdrew the lecture field and restricted her activities to teaching. Miss Stockett was fond of vacationing at South Duxbury, Mass., where she astonished her friends by a daily routine of vigorous physical exercise in walking and swimming. [The Baltimore Sun, 15th March 1949, Page 13]
MISS STOCKETT RITES PLANNED
Funeral To Be Held Thursday In Mount Calvary Church
Funeral services for Miss M. Letitia Stockett, Baltimore author who died Sunday in the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, will be held at 10.15 A.M. Thursday at Mount Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Green Mount Cemetery. Death was caused by a blood clot following an operation for a fractured kneecap. Miss Stockett had been in a bicycle accident last summer while on a leave of absence from Friends School here. A second fall which injured the same kneecap necessitated the second operation. 1928 Book On Baltimore Miss Stockett first gained literary recognition in 1928 with the publication of her book, "Baltimore—A Not Too Serious History." Shortly afterword, she published an account of her travels about the country, entitled "America: First, Fast and Furious." A book of verse, "Hoofs and Pegasus," was published a short time later. For 30 years, Miss Stockett was a member of the faculty of Friends School, where she taught English. Miss Stockett was born in Baltimore, the daughter of Joseph Noble Stockett and Florence Stockett. She attended Western High School, where she studied under Imogene George and Lizette Woodworth Reese, both Baltimore literary figures. Graduated From Goucher In 1909 she was graduated from Goucher College. Later she went to Stamford, Conn., where she taught in a girls' school for four years. A popular lecturer, she spoke before local groups on such subjects as heroes and heroines of the Western Shore, Amy Lowell and Lizette Woodworth Reese, her former teacher. On one occasion Miss Stockett delivered a lecture in the operating amphitheater of the University Hospital. Several years ago she withdrew the lecture field and restricted her activities to teaching. Miss Stockett was fond of vacationing at South Duxbury, Mass., where she astonished her friends by a daily routine of vigorous physical exercise in walking and swimming. [The Baltimore Sun, 15th March 1949, Page 13]
