| LC control no. | no2018162690 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Magie, Lizzie, 1866-1948 |
| Variant(s) | Phillips, Elizabeth J. Magie, 1866-1948 Magie, Elizabeth J., 1866-1948 |
| Associated place | Brentwood (Md.) |
| Birth date | 1866 |
| Death date | 1948 |
| Place of birth | Macomb (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Staunton (Va.) |
| Field of activity | Economics Shorthand Poetry Short stories Acting Inventions |
| Profession or occupation | Stenographers Inventors Poets Actresses |
| Found in | Pass go and collect $200, 2018: title front flap (In the late 1800s lived Lizzie Magie...who created a game that showed the unfairness of the landlord-tenant relationship. That game was later transformed by Charles Darrow into today's Monopoly game.) Wikipedia, via WWW, 28 November 2018: (Elizabeth J. Magie, or Lizzie, was born in Macomb, Illinois in 1866 and died in Staunton, Virginia in 1948. Magie became a strong supporter of what at that time was called a single-tax system (Georgism). In the early 1880s she worked as a stenographer. She was also a short story and poetry writer, comedian, stage actress, feminist, and engineer. In 1906 she worked as a newspaper reporter. In 1910, at age 44, she married Albert Phillips. Magie first made the game, known as the Landlord's game, popular with friends while living in Brentwood, Maryland, and sought her first patent on it while living there. In 1903, Magie applied to the US Patent Office for a patent on her board game, which was designed to demonstrate the economic ill effects of land monopolism and the use of land value tax as a remedy for them. She was granted U.S. Patent 748,626 on January 5, 1904.) Mental floss website, via WWW, 28 November 2018: (In 1904, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Magie designed a board game to demonstrate the tragic effects of land-grabbing.) Lemelson Center website, via WWW, 28 November 2018: (Lizzie Magie, or Elizabeth J. Magie Phillips is finally receiving due attention as the inventor of the game which eventually became Monopoly) |
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