Annie Greene Brown

There were several younger siblings including John, Kate, Robert, Mary, and the writer, Frances Nimmo Greene.

[1][3][4] She was educated at home by her mother and attended the Tuscaloosa Female College for two years, graduating with the M. A. degree and highest honors.

The story, simply told, describes an old fashioned home left unprovided for by the death of the father.

While the mother is portrayed as doing nothing to improve the family's life thereafter, the heroine's efforts gradually conquer poverty and discouragement.

[1] Annie Greene Brown lived in Tuscaloosa most of her life, but in later years, made her home in Chicago, Illinois.