Introduction

Biography

Edna was the daugh­ter of Tho­mas Wor­ches­ter Wor­rell and Ni­na Aca­dia Tur­ner, and was said to be a great-great-grand­niece of Bet­sy Ross.

She was liv­ing in Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia, in 1880. In 1910 and 1920, she was still living in Phi­la­del­phia with her par­ents.

Works

• Mother Goose Ba­zaar (March Bro­thers, 1909)
• The Toys’ Re­bel­lion: Christ­mas Par­lor Play for Child­ren, 1911
• The Christ­mas Gar­den, 1914
• Two Merry Wag­ers, a Farce (Le­ba­non, Ohio: March Bro­thers, 1914
• Merry Christ­mas Me­lo­dies (Le­ba­non, Ohio: March Bro­thers, 1914)
• The Flag Mak­ers (Eld­ridge En­ter­tain­ment, 1915)
• Come to the Nur­se­ry Rhyme Gar­den and Play (Day­ton, Ohio: Paine Pub­lish­ing, 1916)
• Jolly Picka­nin­nies, with Eli­za­beth F. Gup­till (Day­ton, Ohio: Paine Pub­lish­ing, 1916)
• Shouting the Bat­tle Cry of Feed ’Em (March Bro­thers, 1918)
• Reaping and Giv­ing, 1919
• Gifts for the King (Le­ba­non, Ohio: March Bro­thers, 1919)
• Little Or­phant An­nie, with James Whit­comb Riley (Le­banon, Ohio: March Bro­thers, 1921)
• My It’s Awful How We Cry, with Lida Keck-Wiggins (Dayton, Ohio: Paine Pub­lish­ing, 1923)
• Christmas Ev­ery­where (Eld­ridge En­ter­tain­ment, 1924)
• The Lost Vio­lin (Eld­ridge En­ter­tain­ment, 1924)
• Over the Gar­den Wall, an op­er­et­ta, with Sar­ah Grames Clark (Paine Pub­lish­ing, 1927)
• The Little Boy No­bo­dy Want­ed (Lorenz Pub­lish­ing, 1929)
• The Belles of Fol-de-Rol
• The Run-Away Bear
• Yule Tide Songs
• A Top­sy-Tur­vy Christ­mas, with Clar­ence Kohl­man (Ad­am Gei­bel Mu­sic, 1940)
• Light Shone Down, with Ro­ger C. Wil­son, 1952