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Zoe Anderson Norris
Zoe Anderson Norris (February 29, 1860 – February 13, 1914) was a Kentucky-born journalist, novelist, short story writer and publisher, known for her bimonthly magazine, ''The East Side'' (1909–1914), which focused on impoverished immigrants in New York. She also contributed to publications including ''The New York Times'', ''New York Sun'', ''Frank Leslie's Monthly'', ''Harper's Weekly'' and ''Argosy.'' She investigated journalistic topics including corrupt charity executives and child abuse cases. Her fiction plots often centered around starving artists, women deceived by hypocritical suitors and farmers battling the elements. She founded the Ragged Edge Klub, a group of writers, filmmakers, politicians and performers who met for weekly dinners. She was considered "one of the most popular writers of newspaper sketches in the country" and known as a Queen of Bohemia. An exhibition, ''To Fight for the Poor With My Pen: Zoe Anderson Norris, Queen of Bohemia'', ran March 1-May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Harrodsburg is a home rule-class city in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 9,064 at the 2020 census. Although Harrodsburg was formally established by the House of Burgesses after Boonesborough and was not incorporated by the Kentucky legislature until 1836,Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Harrodsburg, Kentucky". Accessed 30 July 2013. it is usually considered the oldest city in Kentucky and has been honored as the oldest permanent American settlement west of the Appalachians. History Harrodstown (sometimes Harrod's Town) was laid out and founded by James Harrod on June 16, 1774. Harrod led a company of adventurers totaling 31 men, beginning May 25 at Fort Redstone in Pennsylvania down the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers in canoes and through a series of other rivers and creeks to the town's present-day location. Later that same year, amid Dunmore's War, Lord Dunmore sent two men to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World's Columbian Exposition
The World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) was a world's fair held in Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ... in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park (Chicago), Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago had won the right to host the fair over several other cities, including New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis. The exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on American Architecture of the United States, architecture, the arts, American industrial optimism, and Chicago's image. The layout of the Chicago Columbian E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Thompson Daviess
Maria Thompson Daviess (November 28, 1872 – September 3, 1924) was an American artist and feminist author. She is best known for her popular novels written in the early 20th century, with a "Pollyanna" outlook, as well as several short stories, among them, “Miss Selina Sue and the Soap-Box Babies," "Sue Saunders of Saunders Ridge" and "Some Juniors.". Daviess was affiliated with the Equal Suffrage League in Kentucky, being the co-founder and vice-president of the chapter in Nashville and an organizer of the chapter in Madison. Biography Maria (sometimes "Marie") Thompson Daviess was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, November 28, 1872. Her parents were John Burton Thompson Daviess (a relative of the Harrodsburg-born writer Zoe Anderson Norris) and Leonora Hamilton Daviess. The father, John B. T. Daviess, died when she was eight, and the family subsequently relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. Her paternal grandmother, also named Maria Thompson Daviess, was a columnist and lectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James D
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnifred Harper Cooley
Winnifred Harper Cooley (October 2, 1874 – October 20, 1967) was an American author and lecturer. Early life Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, she was the daughter of Ida Husted Harper. Cooley graduated in 1896 with an A.B. in Ethics from Stanford University. Personal life In 1899, she married George Elliot Cooley, a Unitarian minister. The couple lived in Vermont and Michigan before finally settling in New York City. Cooley was widowed in 1926. Professional life Cooley was a prolific writer. Her best known work is ''The New Womanhood'' (1904). In ''The New Womanhood'', Cooley lists the achievements of the New Woman as 1- education (lower, higher, professional), 2- employment (industrial, commercial), and 3- recognition (legal and civil). In "The Younger Suffragists" (1913), Cooley distinguishes herself and the "younger feminists" from the "older suffragists" and their idea that gaining the ballot will change the world for women. Although the term would become wid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kit Coleman
Kathleen Blake "Kit" Coleman (born Catherine Ferguson, 20 February 1856 – 16 May 1915) was an Irish-Canadian newspaper columnist. Coleman was one of the earliest accredited female war correspondents, covering the Spanish–American War for the ''Toronto Mail'' in 1898. She served, also, as the first president of the Canadian Women's Press Club, an organization of women journalists. Early life Kit Coleman was born Catherine Ferguson to Patrick and Mary Ferguson (née Burke) in May 1856 at Castleblakeney, County Galway, her birth is often listed incorrectly as 1864 presuming her maiden name is Blake. Her father was a middle-class farmer. Catherine was educated at Loretto Abbey in Rathfarnham and a finishing school in Belgium. As an adult, she recalled her parents influencing her love of creative activities; her father had given her his love of books, and her mother, who was blind, taught her an appreciation of music and to also how to play several instruments. The strongest i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Chapin
Charles E. Chapin (October 19, 1858 – December 13, 1930) was a New York editor of Joseph Pulitzer’s Evening World. He was convicted of the murder of his wife and sentenced to a 20-year-to-life term in Sing Sing prison. Career Chapin was born in upstate Watertown, New York and began his career on a Kansas newspaper, aged 14, moving later to Chicago to work for the ''Tribune'', where he gained renown as a crime reporter. He excelled sufficiently to be hired in 1898 by the ''Evening World'', a New York daily, run by the Pulitzer family. Unlike the morning ''World'', which Pulitzer saw as a reflection of his voice and serious-minded sensibilities, the ''Evening World'' was "a commercial enterprise" with an emphasis on crime and entertainment. It enjoyed one of the largest circulations in the country, thanks in part to Chapin's news instincts and use of large, "startling" headlines. Chapin was known as a hard taskmaster. He is said to have fired a total of 108 journalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Bruno
Guido Bruno (1884–1942) was a well-known Greenwich Village character, and small press publisher and editor, sometimes called "the Barnum of Bohemia." He was based at his "Garret on Washington Square" where for an admission fee tourists could observe "genuine Bohemian" artists at work. He produced a series of little magazine publications from there, including ''Bruno's Weekly'', ''Bruno's Monthly'', ''Bruno's Bohemia'', ''Greenwich Village'', and the 15 cent ''Bruno Chap Books''. ''Republic of Dreams, Greenwich Village: The American Bohemia, 1910-1960'', by Ross Wetzsteon, New York, Simon & Schuster (2003) From July 1915 to December 1916, ''Bruno's Weekly'' published poems, short stories, essays, illustrations and plays, as well as special sections, such as "Children's House," and "In Our Village." The publisher was Charles Edison. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Duffie Boylan
Grace Duffie Boylan (February 9, 1861 – March 24, 1935) was an American writer. She wrote many children's books, often dealing with diverse races and cultures, like ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (not to be confounded with the same title by Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and became best known for her novel ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1852), which depicts the harsh ...). Other titles include: ''Young Folks'', ''Our Little Eskimo Kiddies: Kids of Many Colors'', ''Yama Yama Land'', and ''Our Little Cuban Kiddies''. Her ''Thy Son Liveth: Messages From A Soldier To His Mother'' appeared in 1918 anonymously. It is her account (the following editions were published under her name) of what her son communicated to her about death using morse code and automatic writing after his death on the battlefield in France during World War I. This novel served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Beach
Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player. Early life Rex Beach was born in Atwood, Michigan, but moved to Tampa, Florida, with his family where his father was growing fruit trees. Beach studied at Rollins College, Florida (1891–1896), the Chicago College of Law (1896–97), and Kent College of Law, Chicago (1899–1900). In 1900 he was drawn to Alaska at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush. Olympics In 1904, Beach was a member of the American water polo team which won the silver medal in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. Writing career After five years of unsuccessful prospecting, he turned to writing. His second novel '' The Spoilers'' (1906) was based on a true story of corrupt government officials stealing gold mines from prospectors, which he witnessed while he was prospecting in Nome, Alaska. ''The Spoilers'' became one of the best selling novels of 1906. His ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keens Steakhouse
__NOTOC__ Keens Steakhouse (formerly Keen’s English Chop House) is a steakhouse restaurant located at 72 West 36th Street (between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue) in the Garment District in Manhattan, New York City. The restaurant houses more than 50,000 clay smoking pipes, making it one of the largest collections in the world. The establishment is also famous for their renowned mutton chops. History The restaurant was founded in 1885 by Albert Keen in Herald Square, what was then the Theater District. It is also the only surviving establishment of the former district. A 1954 New York City tourist guide described Keen's as, "An historic and unusual inn type restaurant, featuring English mutton chops steak and roast specialties; seats 350 in several dining rooms, with old English decor. Home of the Pipe Club; bar; no entertainment. Open lunch and dinner daily, except Sunday. Moderately expensive." Patrons were given the opportunity to store fragile clay pipes at the restaura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Oberhardt
William Oberhardt (1882–1958) was an American artist, portrait painter, illustrator and sculptor. His illustration of Joseph Gurney Cannon, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, appeared on the cover of the first edition of ''Time'' magazine on 3 March 1923. Oberhardt was born in Guttenberg, New Jersey and studied at the National Academy of Design from 1897 to 1900, and then studied in Munich with Carl von Marr at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. He painted formal portraits in oil, but charcoal, crayons and lithographic crayon were his favorite mediums. He was notable for his ability to capture and reveal the character of his sitters. He worked most of his career in New York City and lived in North Pelham, New York. In the 1920s and 1930s, Oberhardt was among the best-known and most popular illustrators in the U.S. He portrayed impoverished immigrants, pushcart peddlers, child laborers and the Manhattan skyline for ''The East Side'' magazine, which Zoe Anderso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
