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Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948

LC control no.n 81119968
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LC classificationPS3513.L35
Personal name headingGlaspell, Susan, 1876-1948
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Variant(s)Cook, George Cram, Mrs., 1876-1948
Cook, Susan, 1876-1948
Glaspel, Susan, 1876-1948
Birth date1876-07-01
Death date1948-07-28
Place of birthDavenport (Iowa)
Place of deathProvincetown (Mass.)
AffiliationProvincetown Players Drake University
Profession or occupationDramatists Novelists Journalists Actresses
Found inHer The glory of the conquered, 1909.
Glaspell, S. Plays, c1987: t.p. (Susan Glaspell) p. 32 (birthdate is a matter of dispute; b. 1876?; 1882 has also been proposed as her birthdate)
Waterman, A.E. Susan Glaspell, c1966: p. 13 (b. 7-1-1882; records at Drake Univ. list S. Glaspell as 21 yrs. old at the time of her admission in 1897 which would make her birthdate 1876)
Twentieth-cent. Amer. dramatists, c1981: pt. 1 (Susan Keating Glaspell, b. 7-1-1882; her biographer, A. Waterman, suggests that Glaspell might have been born as many as 6 yrs. earlier)
CA, c1984, v. 110 (Glaspell, Susan Keating; b. 7-1-1882 (some sources say 1876))
Ozieblo Rajkowska, B. Susan Glaspell, c2000: CIP galley (notes refer to a letter that "has proved conclusively that Glaspell was born in 1876") front matter from publisher ("although standard reference works give Susan Glaspell's year of birth as 1882, it has now been proven (in this biography) that she was actually born in 1876")
Trifles [MP] 1929: credits (by Susan Glaspel)
Wikipedia web site, May 19, 2020: (Susan Glaspell ; Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 - July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress. With her husband George Cram Cook, she founded the Provincetown Players, the first modern American theatre company. b. Susan Keating Glaspell, July 1, 1876, Davenport, Iowa ; d. July 28, 1948 (aged 72), Provincetown, Massachusetts ; Education: Drake University, )
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