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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…
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…
Macready and Cushman, Boston Evening Transcript, November 14, 1843
On page 2, the paper speculates or utters wishful thinking about a theater performance involving both Macready and Cushman, performing Shakespearean roles. Given the context of false reports about Cushman accompanying Macready on his Southern tour…
Macready's Diary – Cushman mentions (edited by Toynbee, 1912)
The diary entries depict an interesting dynamic between Macready's and Cushman's relationship. There is no diary entry from the beginning of January, 1844, when Cushman published her poem about Macready in the Anglo American Journal. Usually,…
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,…
Mary Devlin Booth
She is the first wife of Edwin Booth and performs the Juliet to Cushman's Romeo in 1858. She performs (Juliet) with Cushman in her farewell tour: April 26 - May 8 (Baltimore), May 31 - June 12 (Boston), June 21-July 6 (Niblo's, New York). She marries…
Mary Elizabeth "Eliza" Babbitt Cushman
Mary Elizabeth Babbitt Cushman is the second wife of Elkanah Cushman.
Mary Howitt
Charlotte Cushman and Mary Howitt become friends at an early stage of Cushman's career in England. Mary writes an autobiography and a journal. In 1846, she publishes her article on the Cushman sisters, which is titled "The Miss…
Mary Howitt's An Autobiography (1889)
The autobiography was edited by Howitt's daughter. It briefly mentions Cushman, "her intimate friend, Eliza Cook," and their style of dressing in "a very masculine style"
Matilda Hays
Matilda Hays and Cushman meet "[s]ometime, probably after 1846" (Merrill 156). Hays plays the Juliet to Cushman’s Romeo in 1848, when Cushman's sister Susan plans to marry James Sheridan Muspratt. Hays is in a relationship with Charlotte Cushman in…
Mowatt's Autobiography of an Actress; or, Eight Years on the Stage (1854)
Mowatt is an actress that performs with/meets Susan and Charlotte Cushman as well as Macready. She serves as an example of annother actress carefully analyzing press coverage.
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Mrs. Walker's Reminiscences of the Life of the World-Renowned Charlotte Cushman (1876)
The biography traces Cushman's successful career and mentions many business partners and friends. However, it excludes every references to Cushman's same-sex relationships. It is published after Charlotte Cushman's death.The Cushman-Macready-…
Newport Home
The house is built by Richard Morris Hunt in 49 Catherine Street, Newport, in 1872. It is sold by the Cushman estate in 1890, and then demolished in 1938.
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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…