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Vermont Gazette, Nov 28, 1843
Tags: press coverage
[no title], Boston Evening Transcript, Dec 14, 1843
Tags: press coverage
"Cushmania," 1844[?]
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Mary Cushman, Nov 18, 1844
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Mary Cushman, Dec 2, 1844
Tags: social capital
The Northern Star, Cushman Arriving in England, Dec 14, 1844
AN AMERICAN ACTRESS, Miss Cushman, celebrated in the highest walks of the drama, has arrived in England.
Tags: press coverage
Athenaeum, Cushman Mentions, Jan-June 1845 (Vol. 1)
Tags: gender norms/bending, London, press coverage
Cushman's Transatlantic Success, New York Daily Herald, March 21, 1845
Tags: admirers, London, press coverage, rumors
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Mary Cushman, Apr 17, 1845
Letter from Rosalie Sully to Charlotte Cushman, May 11, 1845
Northern Star about Charlotte Cushman, June 28, 1845
THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The manager of this, "the prettiest theatre in London," deserves well of the English public for introducing to them Miss Cushman, the American actress. She is by far the best female performer on the stage. Devoid of…
Tags: admirers, press coverage
Athenaeum, Cushman Mentions, July-Dec 1845 (Vol. 2)
Tags: gossip--published, press coverage
Poem by Eliza Cook addressed to Charlotte Cushman, July 24, 1845
Letter from Henry F. Chorley to Charlotte Cushman, Aug 4, 1845
Tags: social capital
Letter from Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett, Aug 10, 1845
Tags: admirers
"The Connoisseur", Northern Star, Aug 16, 1845
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Rosalie Sully [?], Nov 9, [1845]
Tags: admirers, London, love, women's jobs
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Rosalie Sully [?], Nov 21, [1845]
Tags: love, public intimacy
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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…