Charlotte Rose Teller, later Hirsch (March 3, 1876 – December 30, 1953),
also using the pen name John Brangwyn, was an American writer and socialist active in
New York City
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.
She graduated in 1899 from the
University of Chicago
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(BA).
Her book
The Cage' was published in 1907.
Mark Twain had offered to endorse it "in the form of a letter to the actress
Maude Adams
Maude Ewing Adams Kiskadden (November 11, 1872 – July 17, 1953), known professionally as Maude Adams, was an American actress who achieved her greatest success as the character Peter Pan, first playing the role in the 1905 Broadway production ...
".
introduced Teller and
Kahlil Gibran
Gibran Khalil Gibran ( ar, جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان, , , or , ; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran (pronounced ), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist ...
to each other in January 1908.
Her marriage to Frank Minitree Johnson ended in a divorce. On October 14, 1912, she married Gilbert Julius Hirsch (December 16, 1886 – May 3, 1926); they had a son, Richard, born September 12, 1914.
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1876 births
1953 deaths
American women writers
University of Chicago alumni