1877 [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] – January 29, 1962 [Los Angeles, California]
[Ethelean Tyson was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Israel Tyson and his wife Julia Reynolds. She became the wife (1909) of the noted educator and author Allison Gaw (1877 – 1954). Ethelean Gaw co-wrote and co-produced the play Pharaoh’s Daughter (1927), with her husband, and became the editor of The Lyric West publication (1925). Mrs Gaw won a prize from the Patriotic League for her poem ‘Battle Song of Democracy.’ Her husband, Allison Gaw, was born in Philadelphia, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He then taught at Temple University from 1901-06, State College of Washington at Pullman 1909-11. He joined the University of Southern California’s English department in 1911 and became head of the department from 1914-1924. From 1921-38 he was the chairman of the division of English Language and Literature, Speech, Journalism and Comparative Literature. In 1925 he and Ethelean founded the Lyric West, a magazine of American verse.]
