Elizabeth Chesley Baity (1907–1989)

Elizabeth Chesley Baity was born in Hamilton, Texas, a daughter of Hervey Edgar Chesley and Helen Pickney Roddy.

She attended Texas University for Women and earned an M.A. in English from the University of North Carolina, where she later taught and did research in archaeoastronomy. In 1930, she married Herman Glenn Baity, with whom she had two sons.

Elizabeth was a journalist, poet, painter, and the author of several works for children and young adults. Her best-known book, Americans Before Columbus, published in 1951, was named a Newbery Honor book the following year.