Alice Cooper Bailey

Alice Cooper Bailey, wrote several articles and books including two Dutch folk stories, a popular Hawaiian children's book Kimo in 1928, and a biography of Robert Louis Stevenson in 1966. She was part of a ceremony in 1948 marking the 50th anniversary of Hawaii's annexation, and was a benefactor of the ʻIolani Palace in Honolulu where her father, Henry Ernest Cooper, had worked during the Republic of Hawaii period.

Alice Cooper Bailey was born in December 9, 1890 in San Diego, California. She was one of seven children. When she was just six weeks old, her family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii. She attended Wellesley College, Oahu College, College of Hawaii (now the University of Hawaii), the Boston Music Conservatory, and received a lifetime teaching diploma from the Honolulu Normal School.

Her father was an attorney when the family moved to Hawaii and became citizens. He became the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Acting President for the Republic of Hawaii and was later the first Territory of Hawaii Attorney General, 1899–1900. At her father's death, Ms. Bailey inherited one-sixth of two islands. Mr. Cooper had once owned 52 coral atolls throughout the South Pacific. She later donated all of her Hawaiian possessions to the Iolani Palace, where her father had worked, when the building was declared an historical landmark.

In 1913, Ms. Cooper moved to Concord, Massachusetts, where she often gave lectures and benefits on Hawaii and Robert Lewis Stevenson. She was a member of numerous organizations including the National League of American Pen Women, and served as the president of both the Honolulu and Massachusetts branches, the Hawaiian Historical Society, and the American Automobile Association.

Ms. Bailey worked out of her home in a "bake shop" built in 1767. She lived just a few steps away from the homes of Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the "Historic Mile" district. Although Ms. Bailey only published seven books in her lifetime, she contributed numerous short stories to periodicals such as American Girl, Child Life, Story Parade, and Travel.