Harriet Canfield, better known as “Miss Hattie” to the parents of her students at Jennings School, was a nationally known writer whose work appeared in the\u00a0New York Times\u00a0and the\u00a0Ladies’ Home Journal.<\/p>\n
Canfield came naturally to writing. She was the daughter and granddaughter of pioneer Akron newspaper publishers. Grandfather Horace Canfield had started the first Cuyahoga Falls newspaper,\u00a0Ohio Review, in 1833. He later moved to Akron and started the\u00a0American Democrat. Her father, also named Horace Canfield, was also a newspaper editor\/publisher.<\/p>\n
Canfield started her journalism career on the\u00a0Summit County Beacon, the family newspaper. She then started submitting stories elsewhere. The\u00a0Beacon Journalcharacterized some of them as “burning love stories.” She sold these and other stories through the McClure Syndicate, a well-regarded editorial service that provided features to newspapers across the East. In addition, she sold stories to the\u00a0New York Times\u00a0and the\u00a0Ladies’ Home Journal.<\/p>\n
Her journalism, however, probably never paid the bills. For that, she relied on her teaching career. She taught at both the old Crosby School and Jennings School.<\/p>\n
“Miss Hattie” never married.<\/p>\n
–Kathleen L. Endres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Harriet Canfield, better known as “Miss Hattie” to the parents of her students at Jennings School, was a nationally known writer whose work appeared in the\u00a0New York Times\u00a0and the\u00a0Ladies’ Home Journal. Canfield came naturally to writing. She was the daughter and granddaughter of pioneer Akron newspaper publishers. Grandfather Horace Canfield had started the first Cuyahoga … <\/p>\n