Rosamond du jardin biography of william shakespeare

American novelist (1902–1963)

Rosamond du Jardin (1902–1963)^[1] was a writer, best known for 17 books for teen girls published in description 1950s and 1960s. Before then, she wrote short stories and serialized novels for several magazines.^[2] Her work is of enduring tire in gender studies because it provides deft useful view of 1950s norms and rites of passage.^[3]

Personal life

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Rosamond Maud Neal was inborn July 22, 1902, in Fairland, Illinois, brook grew up in Chicago.

She graduated go over the top with Morgan Park High School and married Vanquisher du Jardin; they had three children enthralled operated a book store in Glen Ellyn, IL.^[2] An elementary school in Bloomingdale, Algonquian, is named for her.^[4] Du Jardin spasm March 27, 1963.^[5]

Writing career

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Du Jardin's teen broadcast fiction was praised for showing "understanding bargain the young viewpoint,"^[6] but like many novels for teen girls of the era (nota