Eliza Calvert Hall

Eliza Caroline "Lida" Obenchain ( Calvert; February 11, 1856 – December 20, 1935), known by her pen name Eliza Calvert Hall, was an American author, women's rights advocate, and suffragist from Bowling Green, Kentucky. She was widely known early in the 20th century for her short stories featuring an elderly widowed woman, "Aunt Jane", who plainly spoke her mind about the people she knew and her experiences in the rural south.

Obenchain's best known work is ''Aunt Jane of Kentucky'' which received extra notability when United States President Theodore Roosevelt recommended the book to the American people during a speech, saying, "I cordially recommend the first chapter of ''Aunt Jane of Kentucky'' as a tract in all families where the menfolk tend to selfish or thoughtless or overbearing disregard to the rights of their womenfolk." Provided by Wikipedia