Isabella M. Alden “Pansy”

Isabella Macdonald Alden was an American author who wrote under the pen name Pansy. Her best known books include Four Girls at Chautauqua, Ruth Erskine's Crosses and The King's Daughter. She also edited the children's magazine Pansy, wrote lessons for the Westminster Teacher, and taught Sunday school to more than a hundred children every week for many years. She took an interest in temperance as well.