Biography:

Writer. Born– 1864, Lawrence County. Parents– Henry O. and Carolyn Olivia (Mayhew) Speake. Married– James Edwin Penny. Children– Two. Education– Huntsville Female Seminary. One of the organizers of the Birmingham Chapter of League of American Pen Women and served as it’s first president; president of the Alabama State Chapter. Member of the Writers Club (President), Quest Club, and Alabama Writers Conclave. Her book, A Women’s Problem, contributed to furthering the cause of temperance reform.

Source:

Marks’ Who Was Who in Alabama and from Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors.

Publication(s):

A Common Lot. Cincinnati, Ohio; Editor Publishing Co., 1898.

Cross Currents. Boston; B. Humphries, Inc., 1938.

Land Poor, and Six Shorter Stories. New York; H. Vinal Limited, 1928.

My Daughter. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Pub. Co., 1946.

Us. Philadelphia; Dorrance, 1934.

A Woman’s Problem. Toronto; W. Briggs, 1905.