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American writer (1890–1960)

Anita Scott Coleman (November 27, 1890 – March 27, 1960) was an American writer born in Mexico and raised in New Mexico.

Early life

Anita Scott was born in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, in 1890, the daughter of William Henry Scott and Mary Ann Stokes Scott.^[1] Her parents were American; her father was a Buffalo Soldier from Virginia, and her mother was a laundry worker, born under slavery in Florida.^[2] She was raised on a ranch near Silver City, New Mexico, where her father worked for the railroad.

She trained as a teacher at the New Mexico Teachers College, graduating in 1909.^[1][3]

Career

Coleman wrote dozens of short stories, poems, silent film scenarios, and a children's book, The Singing Bells (1961).^[4][5] She also wrote a novel, Unfinished Masterpiece.^[6] Her poetry was published in the volumes Small Wisdom (1937) and Reason for Singing (194