Betsy Hamilton: Southern Character Sketches by Idora Mcclellan Plowman Moore

Betsy Hamilton: Southern Character Sketches by Idora Mcclellan Plowman Moore

Idora Mcclellan Plowman Moore

1843-1929

Idora McClellan Plowman Moore was born in Talladega, Alabama. She received her education from the Centenary Institute, a Methodist academy located at Summerfield, Alabama. Using the pseudonym Betsy Hamilton, Moore began her career by writing humorous dialect pieces for The Alabama Reporter, a local Talladega newspaper. She also wrote for The Sunny South, The Atlanta Constitution, and Harper's Weekly during her career. Moore performed public readings of her writing all over the country and was a founding member of Alabama Writers Conclave. The Conclave created the "Betsy Hamilton Collection of Alabama Writers" in her honor in the library at the University of Montevallo. Moore passed away in 1929.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://alabamaauthors.org

1921

Betsy Hamilton: Southern Character Sketches. Atlanta, GA; The Dickert Co, 1921.

AL Book Collection

Moore, Idora Mcclellan Plowman, “Betsy Hamilton: Southern Character Sketches by Idora Mcclellan Plowman Moore,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed November 8, 2026, https://www.alabamaauthors.org/items/show/24716.