![]() ![]() Like many other authors, Howard incorporates some of her own life experiences into her works of children's fiction. They had three children together: Jane, Susan, and Laura. On February 14, 1953, Elizabeth Fitzgerald married her husband, Lawrence Cabot Howard, who was also a professor. ![]() She lectured on library science and eventually she became a professor in library science, as well. According to The Gale Literary Database: Contemporary Authors Online, even though Howard became a writer and a professor later on in life, she always reverted to working in or with a library. This began her long-time interest in libraries and being a librarian. ![]() ![]() Soon after graduating from Radcliffe College, Howard began her first job in the Boston Public Library working as a catalogue assistant. Howard also graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 19 where she earned her master's degree in library science and her doctorate, respectively. According to Barbara Rollock in Black Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books, she was president of her class at Radcliffe her senior year. Howard's parents ensured that Elizabeth had a good education, and she attended Radcliffe College where she graduated in 1948. She is the daughter of Bertha McKinley James Fitzgerald and John MacFarland Fitzgerald. Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard was born on December 28, 1927, in Baltimore, Maryland. ![]()
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