Introduction

Biography

Alice was the daugh­ter of Al­fred B. Will­iams and Ruth Hoge John­son, and wife of Will­iam Er­nest Bro­ther­ton.

Though born in In­di­ana, she spent most of her life in Ohio. She at­tended the St. Lou­is El­iot Gram­mar School, and Wood­ward High School in Cin­cin­na­ti.

A Uni­ta­ri­an, Will­iams con­trib­ut­ed prose and verse to pe­ri­odi­cals such as The Cen­tu­ry, The At­lan­tic and The In­de­pen­dent.

Works

• Beyond the Veil (Chi­ca­go, Illinois: 1886)
• Sailing of King Olaf, 1887
• “The Feast of Co­lum­bia, 1493-1893”
• “What the Wind Told”