Georgie A. Hulse McLeod

Georgiana (nickname, "Georgie") Amelia Hulse was born was born in 1827, She was the daughter of Dr. Isaac Hulse (1797–1856), surgeon of the United States Navy, and Amelia Roberts Hulse (1801–1827), a native of Pensacola. Rev. Dr. George Roberts, of Baltimore was her grandfather. Dr. Thomas Roberts, of Baltimore, was her uncle. While an infant, Georgie's mother died, and she was reared by her grandparents in Baltimore. In her childhood, she mingled in French society, the naval officers of French men-of-war ships being frequent guests of her father when in port. She evinced a taste for literature while still a girl. In order to complete her education, she was sent to a convent, where she remained several years. While still a girl, she contributed to several periodicals under various pen names. While in school, she wrote Sunbeams and Shadows. It was published by the Appletons, New York, soon after completing her education, some time prior to 1853. Also written while at school and published by Appleton & Co. was ''Aunt Minnie's Portfolio''. ==Career==

In 1853, she married the Rev. Dr. Alexander W. McLeod, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, where for a time they resided. He was a Canadian divine and editor of the official organ of the Wesleyan Methodists of the lower provinces. Their children were: Isaac, Nelly, and Daisy. There is great similarity among these volumes. They are eminently moral, sometimes religious, and always temperate in being removed from the sensational and melodramatic. A very industrious writer, she considered her writing as a recreation. McLeod was the secretary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.) of Maryland and the Southern secretary for the National W.C.T.U. ==Later life and death==

She was writing a prohibition story, entitled Unprotected Home, when taken sick. Georgie A. Hulse McLeod died at Baltimore, July 2, 1890. ==Selected works==

Books • ''Sunbeams and Shadows, and Buds and Blossoms; or, Leaves from Aunt Minnie's Portfolio'', 1851 (text) • Buds and Blossoms, sequel to Sunbeams and Shadows, September 1851 • Ivy Leaves from An Old Homestead, 1857, prose and verse • ''Mine and Thine; or, The Step Mother's Reward'', 1857 • Sea-drifts, 1864 • Zarvona, 1865 • Bright Memories, In Memoriam Amelia Hulse Roberts, 1866 • How Jessie Came Out of the Shadows, 1872 • ''God's Jewels'', 1874 • Standing Guard • The Old, Old Story Hymn lyrics • "Are the Boys Safe Tonight?" • "Home at Last" • "Like the Snowflakes" • "Marching on to Battle" • "The Swelling of Jordan" ==Notes==