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Perry (NORA an American author born)

NORA, an American author; born in Dudley, Mass., in 1841. For many years she was a correspondent of the Chicago "Tribune" and the Providence "Journal." Early in her career she gained a reputation as a poet, but was more widely known as a writer of stories for girls. Her works include: "After the Ball, and Other Poems" (1875); "For a Woman" (1885), a novel; "New Songs and Ballads" (1886); "A Flock of Girls" (1887); "A Rosebud Garden of Girls" (1892); "Hope Benham" (1894). She died in 1896.