▁Before ▁her ▁marriage ▁she ▁gained ▁valuable ▁experience ▁as ▁Washington ▁correspond ent ▁of ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Inter ▁Ocean ▁a ▁position ▁which ▁she ▁filled ▁for ▁a ▁year , ▁during ▁which ▁time ▁she ▁also ▁wrote ▁numerous ▁articles ▁for ▁the ▁St . ▁Louis ▁Glo be - D em ocrat , ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁World , ▁and ▁before ▁and ▁since ▁marriage , ▁for ▁various ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁Boston , ▁Indian apolis , ▁Philadelphia , ▁and ▁Chicago ▁journ als . ▁She ▁was ▁a ▁pointed , ▁in cis ive ▁writer , ▁and ▁all ▁her ▁work , ▁pro se ▁or ▁poetry , ▁had ▁an ▁aim , ▁a ▁central ▁thought . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁Al lyn ▁was ▁a ▁prominent ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Dub u que ▁Lad ies ' ▁Liter ary ▁Union , ▁and ▁for ▁eight ▁years , ▁she ▁served ▁as ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Dub u que ▁W CT U . ▁She ▁also ▁won ▁distinction ▁as ▁an ▁artist . ▁She ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Epis cop al ▁Church , ▁and ▁an ▁ar dent ▁adm ir er ▁of ▁Oriental ▁philosophy . ▁In ▁Dub u que , ▁she ▁inaugur ated ▁many ▁re forms ▁and ▁educational ▁movements , ▁doing ▁the ▁work , ▁not ▁for ▁not or iety , ▁but ▁prompt ed ▁by ▁her ▁in born ▁desire ▁to ▁do ▁something ▁towards ▁lif ting ▁up ▁human ity . ▁ ▁Al lyn ▁died ▁at ▁her ▁home ▁in ▁Dub u que ▁on ▁June ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 1 9 1 6 , ▁following ▁a ▁length y ▁ill ness . ▁An ▁effort ▁began ▁two ▁years ▁before ▁her ▁death ▁to