Olive E. Dana

Olive E. Dana (December 24, 1859 – February 3, 1904) was an American writer of short-stories, essays, poetry, and sketches.

She was a frequent contributor to the columns of the Journal of Education, the Cottage Hearth, Good Housekeeping, Portland Transcript, and Illustrated Christian Weekly.

[3] She was a direct descendant of Richard Dana, whose name appears upon the records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1640, and who was the founder of a family which contributed in a marked degree to the social, literary, and political advancement of the United States.

Patriots, soldiers, preachers, editors, authors, scientists, college presidents and professors bear the name of Dana.

This eminent divine, who for 40 years served as pastor of the church at Oxford, Massachusetts, was a native of Scotland and a graduate of Edinburgh University.

During the period of 1884–1904, while constantly contributing to the press, she was also interested and active in church, philanthropic and educational movements of the day.

She was also a member of the Unity Club, and one of her most noted poems, "The Laggard Land", was written for a banquet held at this literary society.