| LC control no. | nb 99028310 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Patterson, Ada |
| Birth date | 1867-07-05 |
| Death date | 1939-06-26 |
| Place of birth | Pennsylvania |
| Place of death | Sarasota (Fla.) |
| Profession or occupation | Journalists |
| Found in | Maude Adams, c1907: t.p. (Ada Patterson) American national biography online, May 14, 2010 (Patterson, Ada; b. July 5, 1867, Mount Joy, Pa., d. June 26, 1939, Sarasota, Fla.; newswoman) Wikipedia, October 6, 2022 (Ada Patterson; Ada Patterson (5 July 1867 - 26 June 1939) was an American print journalist; Patterson was born in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania and received her education at Franklin Academy in Franklin, Nebraska; she wrote for the St. Louis Republican, where she was dubbed "the Nellie Bly of the West;" she also wrote for the Salt Lake Herald, the San Francisco Call, and the New York American; for several years, Patterson also wrote a column in Theatre Magazine, which she signed as "The Lady with the Lorgnette;" Patterson covered a number of notable murder trials, including those of Anne Madison Bradley (charged with the murder of Utah Senator Arthur Brown) and Charles Becker; she covered the trial of Harry Kendall Thaw along with three other women (Winifred Black, Dorothy Dix, Nixola Greeley-Smith) and together, they were given the dismissive nickname of the "sob sisters;" Patterson wrote a biography of Maude Adams By the Stage Door and co-wrote a Broadway play, Love's Lightning, with Robert Edeson) |
| Associated language | eng |
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