Jeannette Leonard Gilder

Jeannette Leonard Gilder (born Oct. 3, 1849, Flushing, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 17, 1916, New York, N.Y.) was an American editor and writer, a prolific and influential figure in popular journalism, particularly in the arts, in the latter half of the 19th century. Gilder grew up in Flushing, New York, and Bordentown, New Jersey. In 1864 she went to work to help support her large family, left fatherless that year by the American Civil War, with...