May Baldwin

Born in 1862, in India, where her father - the Rev. John Richard Baldwin - was a chaplain, May Baldwin was one of five children, and was sent to school in Germany. The family returned to England from 1869-1871 and later returned permanently in 1879, when Rev. Baldwin took a living at Dewsbury. May Baldwin trained to be a teacher at Bishop Otter College. ==Career==

Her works include: • A Popular Girl: A Tale of School Life in Germany (1901) • A Plucky Girl; or, The Adventures of 'Miss Nell' (1902) • Sibyl; or, Old School Friends (1903) • The Sunset Rock: A Story for Girls (1903) • That Awful Little Brother (1904) • The Girls of St. Gabriel's; or, Life at a French School (1905) • Peg's Adventures in Paris (1906) • Dora: A High School Girl (1906) • The Follies of Fifi (1907) • Mysie: A Highland Lassie (1907) • Holly House and Ridges Row: A Tale of London Old and New (1908) • Golden Square High School (1908) • Barbara Bellamy: A Public School Girl (1909) • Sarah's School Friend (1910) • Two Schoolgirls of Florence (1910) • A Schoolgirl of Moscow (1911) • The Girls' Eton (1911) • A City Schoolgirl and Her Friends (1912) • Corah's School Chums (1912) • Hilda's Experiences (1913) • A Schoolgirl's Diary: The Story of Her Holiday Beyond the Seas (1914) • Phyllis McPhilemy: A School Story (1915) • Mrs. Manning's Wards (1916) • Irene to the Rescue: The Story of an English Girl's Fight for the Right (1917) • Miss Peter (1917) • Three Pickles in and out of School (1921) • A Schoolgirl of the Blue (1923) • The Twins Make Good (1928) == References ==