Helen Dore Boylston
Helen Dore Boylston (1895-1984) was American author of young adult novels and non-fiction books. She wrote the Sue Barton series and the Carol Page series. Helen graduated from the nursing program at Massachusetts General Hospital and sailed off for France to serve in World War I as part of the British Expeditionary Force. She would spend two more years in Europe working as a nurse after the war. She spent the next years of her life working as a nurse, and partying along with her close friend, Rose Wilder Lane (daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder ).