Isobel Osbourne Strong Field

Place: Indianapolis

Born: 1858

Death: 1953

Biography:

Isobel 'Belle' Osbourne Strong Field (September 18, 1858 – June 26, 1953) was a writer and the daughter of Fanny Stevenson and sister of Lloyd Osbourne. She married the artist Joseph Dwight Strong in 1879, and had two sons. Belle designed the Royal Order of the Star of Oceania in 1886 for King Kalakaua and was one of the few women to be awarded the honor. She later became a literary assistant to her stepfather Robert Louis Stevenson, transcribing his words when he was too ill to write. After divorcing her husband, Belle married Edward Salisbury Field in 1914. Isobel built an artists' studio at Zaca Lake and the Field home became a popular meeting place for writers and actors. She wrote her memoirs in two books This Life I've Loved (1937) and A Bit of My Life (1951).