Janeway, Elizabeth (1913–2005)

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Janeway, Elizabeth (1913–2005)

American author, critic and lecturer. Born Elizabeth Hall, Oct 7, 1913, in Brooklyn, NY; died Jan 15, 2005, in Rye, NY; dau. of Charles H. Hall (naval architect) and Jeanette F. (Searle) Hall; attended Swarthmore College, 1930–31; Barnard College, BA, 1935; m. Eliot Janeway (economist and author), Oct 29, 1938 (died 1993); children: Michael Charles, William Hall.

Won Story Magazine's Intercollegiate Short Story Contest (1935); began working on a short story which, on the 3rd attempt, was finished and published as The Walsh Girls (1943); turned out several novels, including Daisy Kenyon (1945), The Question of Gregory (1949), Leaving Home (1953) and The Third Choice (1958); also penned 2 children's books, The Vikings (1951) and Ivanov VII (1967); later works include Man's World-Woman's Place: A Study in Social Mythology (1971) and Between Myth and Morning: Women Awakening (1974); was also a regular contributor to numerous literary and popular journals.

See also Women in World History.