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"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…
Anne Brewster about Blackwood and Gender Differences, Diary Entry Excerpts (1878)
The diary entries include discussions of illness, Brewster's anticipation of death, social networking, and payment negotiations with the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and the Evening Telegraph. Brewster's brother initiated these negotiations as he…
Anne Brewster about Financial Independence, Diary Entry Excerpts (1878)
Anne Brewster finds herself earning "a comfortable independence." She is far better off than a year ago, working for Daily Evening Telegraph and Boston Advertiser.
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"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…
Lucy Hooper and Anne Brewster, Daily Appeal, Jan 12, 1879
The author of this note is familiar with Anne Brewster and Lucy Hooper, who they met at a fair in Philadelphia together with Mrs. E.D. Gillespie. The author addresses gossip as Lucy Hooper's main area of interest as a journalist, which is "hard…
Brewster in Rome, Inter Ocean, Feb 13, 1879
The note sketches Brewster's life in Rome and portrays her as a great hostess to many Americans and Italians living in Rome. The final passages addresses Brewster's relationship with Cushman. The article claims that Brewster thrives after Cushman's…
Letter from Anne Brewster to [Mary Agnes] Tincker, July 16, 1879
Anne Brewster advises Mary Agnes Tincker who will publish By the Tiber in 1881, a novel which includes references to Brewster and her circle in Rome, to stick to the truth whenever Tincker refers to something that has been talked about by the two…
"Personal," The Evening Star, July 1, 1880
The Evening Star characterizes Anne Brewster as "the accomplished correspondent" and a salonnière at Rome, Palazzo Maldura. Next to the "Political Notes," there is a column of "Washington Gossip."
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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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"Un Petit Accident d'Amour," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Nov 12, 1880
Brewster offers a biting commentary on the social norms of Vanity Fair drawing from the example of French actress Sarah Bernhardt who offended the upper-class members with her "bad morals."
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"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…
"An American Salon in Rome," Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, 1881
The articles gives a definition and historical genealogy of salons with a specific focus on French salons. A salon is described as a social gathering "brought together by some leading maîtresse de maison, for the purpose of promoting an agreeable…
Mary Agnes Tincker's By the Tiber (1881)
In the Literary World, Vol 12 (1881), it says:"— No book published in Boston, this long time, has made more talk than Miss Tincker's By the Tiber, which we review elsewhere. That it is a personal matter has been taken for granted in some quarters,…
"Select Miscellany," The Enterprise and Vermonter, May 27, 1881
The summary of the articles in the recent issue of Lippincott's Magazine claims that Tincker's novel By the Tiber has sparked immense interest in Anne Brewster and her network.
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"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 about Brewster Article, The Bucks County Gazette, Feb 2, 1882
The note refers to a Brewster article for the Boston Advertiser. It mentions the Baroness von Bulow who, according to Brewster, shows "devotion" to her grandfather Liszt.
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"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…
"Stories of Women," Daily Memphis Avalanche, Oct 1, 1882
The short note on Anne Brewster stresses her quality as a hostess and her social circles. As she is a devoted Roman Catholic, she is acquainted to many "church dignitaries" in Rome.
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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…