Jones, Mary Alice, 1898-1980 (Personal Name)

Her Winter is coming, and other stories ... 1925.

Tell me about Christmas, 1958: t.p. (Mary Alice Jones)

OCLC, Jan. 13, 2011: (b. 1898)

Wikipedia, February 24, 2020 (Mary Alice Jones; Mary Alice Jones (1898-) was an author of religious books for children; Mary Alice Jones was born in Dallas, Texas in 1898; she was involved in religion from an early age, joining the Methodist Church at age 10; she received her initial college education at the University of Texas before attending Northwestern University, earning a master's degree in religious education, and then receiving a Ph. D. from Yale University; she served as the director of children's work for the South Carolina Annual Conference and also for the International Council of Religious Education; she was the first woman teacher at the Yale Divinity School; she became a children's book editor at Rand McNally & Company in 1945, before transitioning into writing work, authoring such books as Prayers for Little Children, which sold over 2 million copies, and Tell Me About God; in 1951 she left Rand McNally and became the director of children's work for the General Board of Education of the Methodist Church)

Contemporary Authors Online, February 24, 2020 (Mary Alice Jones; born June 23, 1898 (one source says 1899), in Dallas, TX; died September 23, 1980 in Nashville, TN; daughter of Paul and Mamie (Henderson) Jones; University of Texas, B.A., 1918; Northwestern University, M.A., 1922; Yale University, Ph. D., 1932; University of Edinburgh postdoctoral study, 1955; The Methodist Church, Nashville, TN, editor of children's publications, 1922-1925; also free-lance writer of church school curriculum materials, 1923-1945; International Council of Religious Education (now National Council of Churches), Chicago, IL, director of children's work, 1930-1945; Rand McNally & Co., Chicago, IL, editor of children's books, 1945-1951; The Methodist Church, Board of Education, Nashville, TN, director of children's work, 1951-1964; Rand McNally & Co., consulting religious book editor, 1964-1980; visiting professor at Northwestern University, Yale Divinity School, Duke University, Iliff School of Theology, Garrett Theological Seminary, and other seminaries; special lecturer at Duke University, McMurry College, Southern Methodist University, and elsewhere; member of faculty at summer schools of religious education; member of White House Conference on Children, 1940, 1950, 1960, and of White House Conference on Education, 1955; church posts included membership on General Assembly of National Council of Churches and on executive board of United Council of Church Women)