Annie Chambers Ketchum

Annie Chambers Ketchum (religious name, Sister Amabilis; November 8, 1824 – January 27, 1904) was an American educator, lecturer, and writer. She was a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and became a Capitular Tertiary of St. Dominic in her later years. Chambers served as principal of the High School for Girls in Memphis, Tennessee, where she established a girls school. She opened a normal school for advanced pupils in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Ketchum did not write for publication previous to the civil war, but her first productions brought instant recognition of her merit and ability. Two volumes of verse and two novels were published by her. Ketchum was the founding editor of ''The Lotus'', a monthly magazine, and she published the textbook, ''Botany for academies and colleges: consisting of plant development and structure from seaweed to clematis''. Noted for her poetic talent, her "Semper Fidelis," published in ''Harper's Magazine'', was said to be one of the most finished productions of American literature in its day. Provided by Wikipedia