Taber’s books for companionship, friendship, comfort, encouragement and to read extremely well written literature. I cannot begin to think how many times I’ve turned to Mrs. “He didn’t think of it.” “Don’t you just love that Yankee pragmatism?”, I ask gleefully! “Well, one could not expect a man to drain the pipes before shooting his wife,” said Jill. What they learned, post haste, was “the fatal truth about every sink, toilet, and tub in the house. Gladys and Jill, the name in the book she gave her BFF Eleanor, began renovating the house. our basic equipment… consisted of a staggering fortitude and no common sense. Gladys Bagg Taber was born in Colorado Springs on April 12, 1899, and spent most of her early years moving because of her fathers work as a mining engineer. Even if we had, I think we would have gone ahead just as recklessly…. In fact there were many things we did not know. We also did not know how hard it is to manage a Yule log with a dull axe. It had kind of rusted away, we were told afterward. Taber wrote in one of her books, “The furnace was broken but we didn’t know it. Granted, it was in need of a bit of work but the price was lower than market value because the former owner had shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself. After a while of searching, they found Stillmeadow.
According to one online article, she and her husband bought Stillmeadow, a country house, in 1943 with another couple. Taber and a friend, along with all their children, moved from their tiny, for the most part, walk-up NYC apartments, leaving their husbands to work in the city and visit on the weekends. Taber (1899-1980), who graduated from Wellesley and earned a master’s at Lawrence, wrote 50 books and was a columnist for Ladies’ Home Journal and Family Circle. For more than 20 years, Gladys Taber lived in Stillmeadow, her vintage 1690 Southbury, Connecticut, farmhouse, having commuted to New York part of the. Collection Overview Collection Organization Container Inventory This collection contains materials documenting the Friends of Gladys Taber organization as well as materials documenting the life and work of Gladys Bagg Taber. Her column 'Diary of Domesticity' began in the Ladies' Home Journal in November 1937 'Butternut Wisdom' ran in the Family Circle from 1959 to 1967. She married Frank Taber, and they had a daughter, Constance however, the divorced in 1946. The house was jointly owned by the Tabers and their friends Eleanor and Max Mayer. In Southbury, starting in 1933 (summers only) and 1935 (full-time).Mrs. She received a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley in 1920 and an M.A. Gladys Taber lived in Stillmeadow, a 1690 farmhouse off Jeremy Swamp Road Gladys graduated from Appleton High School and enrolled at Wellesley College, receiving her bachelor’s degree in 1920. They met at summer camp when they were 14 years old and were roommates at Wellesley. Eleanor became Taber’s longtime companion and is Jill in Taber’s writings. Tabers and their friends Eleanor and Max Mayer. Southbury, Connecticut, farmhouse, having commuted to New York part of theĬolumbia University from 1921 to 1926. Later, she received a bachelor's degreeĭaughter, Constance, which interrupted her academic career then for more thanĢ0 years, she lived in Stillmeadow, her vintage 1690 Mexico, California, Illinois and Wisconsin, and spent time on her Her marriage to Frank Taber produced a daughter, Constance, in 1923. Gladys went on to teach English at Lawrence, at Randolph-Macon, and at Columbia University until 1926. Gladys Bagg Taber (Ap– March 11, 1980), author of 59 books, including theĪnd spent most of her early years moving because of her father's work as a She was well educated, having earned her bachelor’s degree at Wellesley College and her Masters at Lawrence College, in 1921. Southbury Congregational Church, Pine Hill Cemetery, Southbury, CT 06488 Stillmeadow, 487 Sanford Rd, Southbury, CT 06488 Wellesley College ( Seven Sisters), 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481Ĭolumbia University ( Ivy League), 116th St and Broadway, New York, NY 10027
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