![]() ![]() She then followed her sister to the University of Wisconsin where Forbes wrote extensively for the Wisconsin Literary Magazine. After finishing high school, she took classes at the Worcester Art Museum and Boston University, and later, Bradford Academy, a junior college. Her academic work, however, was not spectacular, except for a few writing classes. ![]() Both her parents were historical enthusiasts.Įven as a little child, Forbes displayed an affinity for writing. Her father was a probate judge in Worcester and her mother, a writer of New England reference books. Her family roots can be traced back to 1600s America one of her great-uncles was the great historical figure and leader of the Sons of Liberty, Sam Adams. Esther Forbes was born in Westboro, Massachusetts in 1891, as the youngest of five children. ![]()
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