Charlotte Reeve Conover (June 14, 1855 – September 23, 1940) was an American author, lecturer, political activist, educator, and "Dayton's historian".

[1] She attended Dayton Central High School, Cooper Seminary, and the University of Geneva.

[1] Conover wrote books about Dayton history and articles for Ladies' Home Journal, Harper's and The Atlantic.

She wrote a regular column called "Mrs. Conover's Corner" for the Dayton Daily News[1] and served as editor of the Women's Page for four years.

[3] In her later years she lost her eyesight but continued to write columns for the Dayton Daily News; friends visited to help her read, and the paper's owner and editor, Governor Cox, never knew that she was blind.