Kate Langley Bosher (1865–1932)
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Algemene kennis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Cairns, Kate (pseudonym)
- Geboortedatum
- 1865-02-01
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1932-07-27
- Graflocatie
- Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Norfolk, Virginia, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Norfolk, Virginia, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Norfolk, Virginia, USA
- Opleiding
- Norfolk College for Young Ladies
- Beroepen
- novelist
suffragist
social reformer - Korte biografie
- Kate Langley Bosher was born in Norfolk, Virginia, at the end of the Civil War. She graduated from the Norfolk College for Young Ladies. In 1887, she married Charles Gideon Bosher, a Richmond businessman. She was devoted to several charitable and reform causes, especially women's suffrage and the welfare of orphans and abandoned children. With Lila Meade Valentine, she founded the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia and spoke in public for women's right to vote. She wrote 10 novels in 20 years, the first of which appeared in 1899 under a pseudonym. Her third book, Mary Cary, Frequently Martha (1910) was a bestseller, and was adapted into the 1921 silent film Nobody's Kid.
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Excellent story about a man, a woman and an orphan.
Loved it!
Loved it!
Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
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- Werken
- 8
- Leden
- 66
- Populariteit
- #259,059
- Waardering
- 3.6
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 69
Miss Gibbie Gault is about the world of women. How they manage in a society where men have control. The protagonist, Lizzie, is a young woman with no means and few prospects. She forms a strong relationship with Miss Gibbie who is the mysterious, crusty old maid of the town. Miss Gibbie brooks no nonsense from anyone but remains largely unknown to everyone though she is kind and supportive with Lizzie who she probably sees as similar to her younger self. We see how Gibbie is shunned by the society ladies for failing to behave according to accepted norms. Gibbie does not yield to the social pressure and eventually the source of her income and an explanation of her life is revealed. I see the story as an example of the genre fiction of the era. A headstrong young girl who learns the ropes from an equally headstrong mentor. I don't think the book had any particular effect on my grandmother. She didn't review it in her diary. It was probably just a recreational diversion at the time.… (meer)