Phelps

Phelps, ELIZABETH STUART, an American authoress, was born 31st August 1844, at Andover, Massachusetts, the daughter of Professor Austin Phelps and of the authoress of Sunny Side. Besides lecturing and engaging in work for the advancement of women and for social reforms, she has written a number of stories, including The Gates Ajar (1868), which passed through twenty editions in the year of its publication; Beyond the Gates (1883); The Gates Between (1887); Hedged In and The Silent Partner (1870); The Story of Avis (1877); Doctor Zay (1884), in which the question of professional life for women is considered; and in 1890, in conjunction with her husband, the Rev. Herbert D. Ward, Come Forth, a tragedy of the story of Lazarus, and The Master of the Magicians.