Cynthia May Alden

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Cynthia May (Westover) Alden (1862 - 1931) was an American journalist and author, born at Afton, Ind., and educated at the University of Colorado and the Denver Business College. She lived and worked in New York City as a music teacher and as soloist in church choirs. In 1887 she was appointed an inspector of customs, in which position she was involved in the seizure of smuggled goods. She acted as secretary to the Commissioner of Street Cleaning for two years and for a time was employed in the State Museum of Natural History. She entered journalism as editor of the woman's department, first, of the New York Recorder, and afterward of the New York Tribune. During her three years with the Tribune she planned and founded the International Sunshine Society, of which she became president-general. Mrs Alden accepted a position on the editorial staff of the Ladies' Home Journal, but she continued to reside in New York City. Her published writings include: Manhattan, Historic: Artistic; Bushy: Child Life in the Far West; Women's Ways of Earning Money (1904).

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