In addition to traditional stories, Winslow also wrote poetry. In 1886, she published 'A Bohemian Chapter' as a serial in the Boston Beacon, a story telling of the struggles of a woman artist in Boston. Her first serial story, 'The Shawsheen Mills,' was published in the Yankee Blade. After her mother's death and her father's remarriage, Winslow went to Boston, living in the Roxbury District with her three sisters. She published her 'Aunt Philury Papers' first, which was followed by the story, 'Jack,' both of which were well received. Winslow became a writer early in life, sometimes using the pen name, 'Aunt Philury'. Winslow was educated at the Vermont Academy and State Normal schools, with special studies in languages and literature in Boston. After the father's second marriage in 1886, Amanda became Winslow's stepmother. (drowned in early youth), Mary A., Isabel N., and Harriet P. (Newton) Winslow (died 1882), was a scholar, a linguist and a poet. He was a musical composer of note and a member of the first English opera company organized in the United States.

Albans, Vermont, where her father, Don Avery Winslow (1824–1902), was a leader in musical circles. In her infancy, her family removed to Greenfield, Massachusetts, and afterwards to St. Her great-grandmother Winslow was Abigail Adams. She was in the ninth generation of descent from Kenelm Winslow, a brother of Governor Edward Winslow, of the Plymouth Colony.

Helen Maria Winslow was born in Westfield, Vermont, April 13, 1851. She collaborated with Frances Willard in Occupations for Women, and with Marie Wright in Picturesque Mexico. 1893 Concerning Cats, 1900 Concerning Polly, 1902 Literary Boston or To-day, 1902 The Woman of To-morrow, 1905 The President of Quex, 1906 Peggy at Spinster Farm, 1908 A Woman for Mayor, 1910 The Pleasuring of Susan Smith, 1912 and At the Sign of the Town Pump, 1913. She was the author of Salome Sheppard, Reformer. Winslow served as dramatic editor on The Beacon, 1891–97 editor, Woman's Club Department, Boston Transcript, 1893–98 editor, Woman's Club Department of the Delineator, 1897, and again 1912 editor and publisher, The Club Woman, 1897-1904 and she was the publisher of the Official Register of Women's Clubs in America from 1897. Winslow ( pen name, Aunt Philury Ap– March 27, 1938) was an American editor, author, publisher, and journalist.

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