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"Fashion and Gossip," Flag of Our Union, Jan 12, 1867 to May 14, 1870
"Fashion and Gossip" is a column inFlag of Our Union that recounts the most recent fashion trends for women as well as the latest home and foreign gossip, ranging from local marriage arrangements to news about prominent figures from abroad.The…
"First Impressions of Cushman's Romeo", People's Journal, Vol 2, July 18, 1846
This is a review of Charlotte Cushman's performance as Romeo at the Haymarket Theatre in London. The article praises her performance and compares it to that of William Macready. However, her fine qualities as actress are also deemed by the article as…
"Flunkyism in Washington," San Francisco Examiner, Jan 25, 1878
The reprint from The New York Times covers the "gay season" of Congress with its receptions. Greenwood is "disgusted with the flagrant flunkeyism shown here toward the occupants of the White House" and criticizes the hesitation with which the…
"Godey's Arm-Chair," Godey's Lady's Book, May 1852 to [June] 1892
"Godey's Arm-Chair", later known as "Our Arm Chair", is a column in Godey's Lady's Book that covers a variety of topics, ranging from literary reviews to local news to lifestyle advice. The column is superseded by "The Search Light" in October…
"Godey's Fashions," Godey's Lady's Book, Oct 1892 to Dec 1897
"Godey's Fashions" is a column in Godey's Lady's Book that demonstrates the latest fashion trends for women, exemplified by various, partially colored, portrait plates and detailed illustrations. The portraits often consist of some of society’s…
"Gossips," Bedford County Press and Everett Press, June 28, 1871
A short column entry on "Gossips" which reports Greenwood saying that women are rather unfairly "satirized" for their "propensity to gossip" as the best gossips she has come across have been among government employees.
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"Grace Greenwood," Carbondale Leader, Feb 28, 1874
The article is a reprint from the Washington Press. It mentions Greenwood's talent as a dramatic reader and her genius as a writer. Adhering to gender norms, the author stresses Greenwood's beauty and comments that "[i]t is so rare that beauty and…
"Grace Greenwood," Waukesha Daily Freeman, July 13, 1882
Sarah K. Bolton writes a favorable biographical account of Grace Greenwood. Bolton introduces the article by characterizing her relationship to Greenwood from admiration from a distance to affection as long-term acquaintences.The author states that…
"Housekeeping in Rome," Charleston Daily News, Dec 25, 1869
Originally published in the Philadelphia Bulletin, Brewster writes about how to live comfortably in Rome, differentiating between more and less affluent people. The article gives a graphic "short sketch of life in Rome" and reads like a guide to an…
"How Charlotte Cushman Came to Play 'Nancy Sykes,'" The Superior Times, Oct 26, 1878
The reprint from Brewster's article for the Boston Advertiser speaks to Cushman’s performance as Nancy Sykes before she went to England. It is a glowing review and covers Cushman’s financial precarity and beginning of her career. The article is…
"Letters from the Capital," by Grace Greenwood, National Era, 1852
Grace Greenwood offers a glowing review of Cushman's performances in Washington, D.C. (as Romeo and Rosalind respectively) that stresses the sexual undertones of her audience's attraction to the actress (e.g. "She compells your half-bewildered…
"Male Gossips," The Christian Recorder, Jun 7, 1862
This article argues that although "[t]he world, especially the masculine part of it, has always had a great deal to say about female gossips" and it is "doubtless" that women are "good talkers," men also gossip and the author confirms the existence…
"Masculine Women," Liberator, Jan 15, 1858
Mrs. Frances D. Gage criticizes an article in the Home Journal about the masculinity of women in jobs associated with men. She publishes her article in the Missouri Democrat, the article given here is a reprint, and takes Harriet Hosmer as her prime…
"Memories of Three Great Women," New-York Tribune, Jul 21, 1890
The article shares some memories of the private and artistic lives of Charlotte Cushman, Emma Stebbins, and Harriet Hosmer. Emma Stebbins is mentioned as Charlotte's "friend" and "sharer in [...] artistic aims and pleasures" who "shared an…
"Miss Brewster," [New York Observer], [1881]
The author describes Anne Brewster as a "well-known literary person[]" and a woman of "republican simplicity and cordiality" whose Monday afternoon receptions also attract "titled acquaintances."Brewsters work as a foreign correspondent has gained…
"Miss Charlotte Cushman," Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion [1851]
The article traces Cushman's rise to success in Europe, mentioning her tours with Macready and the social circle she has formed: "In private life, she has won many warm and influential friends. Among the British aristocracy, her purity of diction and…
"MISS CUSHMAN IN MALE ATTIRE", Illustrated American News, Aug 9, 1851.
This article reports on Charlotte Cushman donning a male attire and going about her daily activities during her vacation at the Saut, in Ste Marie Hotel. It also states her decision to wear men's clothing for the rest of her life.
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"Miss Harriet Hosmer," Liberator, Nov 20, 1857
Child praises Hosmer as a genius and comments on her being a woman sculptor among so many men in this profession. Child gives a definition of 'society' and its norms and counters arguments that have depicted Hosmer disparagingly as a 'masculine'…
"Miss Hosmer and Charlotte Cushman," Banner of Light, Aug 15, 1868
It is the same text as in the Daily Ohio Statesman (March 15).The article closes with "Letter from Europe." The original source for this reporting (in the context of a much longer report on the US American art market in Rome) is the Boston Post (Feb…
"Old Maids," Woman's Voice and Public School Champion, Jan 25, 1896
The article refers to an account of Frances Willard who was asked to provide information on famous "spinsters" or "old maids." The author adds to this list and refers to Willard's account as a "catalogue of famous spinsters."The author, E.E. F.,…
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Charlotte Cushman
Charlotte Cushman becomes widely known on both sides of the Atlantic as the first successful US-American actress. Earlier, she was a singer under the tutelage of James G. Maeder, married to actress Clara Fisher, in Boston. Charlotte has been the sole financial support of her mother since her father…