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Lillian A. Lewis
Lillian A. Lewis was one of the first women to make a name for herself as a columnist in Black newspapers. Her Column "They Say" appeared first in The Boston Advocate throughout the 1880s. In the 1890s, she became "the society editress of the Boston…
Gertrude Mossell
Gertrude Mossell, also known as Mrs. N.F. Mossell (1855-1948), was one of the most influental Black female journalists and editors of the late nineteenth century. She wrote, among others, for Indianapolis World, Woman's Era, Colored American…
Town Topics. The Journal of Society, magazine published in New York (1885-1937)
Town Topics, published in New York, was "the preeminentsociety gossip magazine in the 1880s and 1890s" (Knight 1055). When William d'Alton Mann took over, he "turned it into a scandal sheet of a brazenness never equaled since" (New York Times). He…
Gossip (Washington, DC, 1891)
This is the first issue of Gossip, published in Washington, DC, in 1891 (a periodical of the same name appeared in New York in 1900). Numbers 1 to 11 are available on microfilm in the Library of Congress. No other copy seems to have survived – nor…
American Negro vol. 1, no.11, Oct 25, 1890
Full issue of American Negrowhere international news is published under a column entitled "Foreign Gossip" (p. 7) and containing a section about European royals reprinted from Harper's Bazaar (p. 2)
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"The Way of The World New School of Theology," Colored American Magazine, Dec 1, 1904
This column with three entries reports on: the re-election of EC Morris as the president of the National Baptist Convention, the largest religious organization among persons of color, at its Austin session; the establishment of the "Frederick Douglas…
"Gossiping," National Anti-Slavery Standard, Apr 22, 1841
This article is a social commentary about gossip, where the author believes that "[t]he most prevailing fault of conversation in our country, and, I believe in all social communities, is gossiping."
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"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…
Edmonia Lewis' Trunk Stolen, Commonwealth, Aug 12, 1865
This short entry quoting the Anglo-African reports that Ada Howard's and Edmonia Lewis' trunks were stolen from their borading-house in Richmond.
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"Miss Edmonia Lewis at Florence," Commonwealth, Oct 21, 1865
This short article in the column "Artistic" reports the arrival of Edmonia Lewis in Florence through Paris. It adds that she has been received well by other expats and friends, except from one lady from Boston who "declined to received her, --…
"Chit-Chat," Sentinel, Jan 7, 1882
An example of the gossip column "Chit-Chat," containing short entries reporting about multiple individuals of note.
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Note to Correspondents, People's Advocate, Sep 25, 1880
A note to correspondents that the newspaper is unable to publish any anonymous gossip.
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The Free Press vol. 1, no. 2, Apr 5, 1868
Issue of the Free Press, with special focus on instances of published gossip about politicians from informal sources.
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The Colored Citizen vol. 3, no. 29, May 19, 1866
An issue of the The Colored Citizen, with a special focus on the column "Parlor and Fireside", containing gossip about European celebrities.
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The Pine and Palm vol. 1, no. 9, July 13, 1861
An issue of The Pine and Palm (formerly the Weekly Anglo-African, 1859-1861), including an example of the column "All Round the World" (here on p. 3) which ran for about a year and presented the readership of this Black newspaper with snippets of…
"Some Race Doings," Cleveland Gazette, March 23, 1889
Reprint from The New York Age in Cleveland Gazette, here given the headline "Some Race Doings," which offers a wide variety of news concerning prominent Black artists and writers – such as opera singer Madam Selika and gossip columnist (here called…
"Social News," The Woman's Era, March 24, 1894
Example of the regular column "Social News," edited by Irene DeMortie and Marion Ridley for The Woman's Era. "Published by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin in Boston, Massachusetts and distributed nationally between 1894 and 1897" (Emory), The Woman's Era…
"Young Ladies of Boston," The New York Age, May 12, 1888
This account of the "varied array of feminine talent" found in Boston includes a detailed portrait of journalist Lillian A. Lewis. The author praises her work as a society editor and connects it implicitly to her talents as a…
"Adress on Woman's Rights," The National Anti-Slavery Standard, Sep 16, 1852
"Address on Woman's Rights," adopted by The Woman's Rights convention assembled a week earlier and printed here in The National Anti-Slavery Standard, includes an argument against restricting women to the private sphere and limiting them to such…
"Sonner Hurt Than Healed," The National Anti-Slavery Standard, Feb 25, 1854
In this anonymous account, the narrator warns her readers about asking for and relying on gossip when moving to a new neighborhood. She herself makes the mistake of inquiring about people she has met during her walks, when she dines with an old…
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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…