Eleanor Porter — American Novelist born on December 19, 1868, died on May 21, 1920

Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter was an American novelist... (wikipedia)

My relationship with 'Pollyanna' is a very personal one, because Pollyanna got me through my childhood.
One day it was about getting married that mother talked with me, and I said I was so glad that when you didn't like being married, or got tired of your husband, you could get Unmarried.