She tells very little about her own achievements or accomplishments. She does not mention, for example, that she and her sister won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1917 for
Julia Ward Howe , 1819-1910 (1915); nor does she mention any of the philanthropic work she and her husband did for the town of Gardiner, such as helping to establish a public high school, working to bring public health nurses to the area, or striving to stop abusive child labor practices.
Richards's first published work appeared in 1880, Five Mice in a Mouse-Trap, the first of about forty-five works of fiction she would write for children. The most popular book she wrote for children was Captain January, published in 1891, and according to her autobiography, it was still her best-selling book in 1931 even though it had been one of the most difficult for which to find a publisher. Richards recalled she had sent it "to every reputable publisher, ... in this country, and to several in England.
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