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- Tags: London
"Miss Cushman's Romeo", Era, June 21, 1846
Tags: London, press coverage, travel/touring
"The Theatres", The Era, Jan 4, 1846
"The Miss Cushmans", People's Journal, Vol 2, July 18, 1846
Criticism of Cushman's Performance as Romeo, May 29, 1847
Tags: gender norms/bending, London, press coverage
Athenaeum, Cushman Mentions, Jan-June 1845 (Vol. 1)
Tags: gender norms/bending, London, press coverage
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt Jackson, Oct 26, 1869
Tags: London, travel/touring
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt Jackson, June 27, [1869?]
Tags: London, social capital, travel/touring
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Mary Cushman, April 17, 1845
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Grace Greenwood, July 9, 1852
Tags: London, love, Rome, same-sex attraction, travel/touring
"Grace Greenwood in Italy," New Hampshire Statesman, Apr 16, 1853
Tags: gossip--published, London, press coverage, Rome, social capital
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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…