Bragg, Mabel Caroline

Bragg, Mabel Caroline (Watty Piper, pen name)

(1870–1945) writer, educator; born in Milford, Mass. She taught at the Rhode Island State Normal School (1889–1909), worked in publishing, and embarked on a career in education in Newton, Mass., (1916–30) and Boston University (1930–40). She is also known for her children's books, notably The Little Engine That Could (1945).
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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