Winifred Margaretta Kirkland, writer, was born in Columbia, Pa., the oldest child of George Henry and Emma Matilda Reagan Kirkland. After attending Packer Institute in Brooklyn, she received the A.B. degree from Vassar College in 1897, then spent two years at Bryn Mawr College as a graduate student. For many years she taught English in private schools in Bryn Mawr and Baltimore.
