Mary MacLane to Mr. John O'Hara Cosgrove, Signed Autograph Letter, 4 pages

Containers:

Box 18, Folder 17

Extent:

1 letters

Scope and content:

MacLane writes Cosgrove while wintering in St. Augustine, Florida, where she is writing her third book and describes the beauty of the area. She also mentions meeting and dining with the writer, Miss Clara Elizabeth Laughlin (1873-1941), at the Touraine. She says that every time she sees a copy of "Everybody's Magazine" his statement to her "I didn't think you were so artificial as you are" still rankles.

Biographical / historical:

Mary MacLane (1881-1929) was a controversial Canandian-born American writer and motion picture actress whose reputation as an openly bisexual vocal feminist plus her frank autobiographical writing, earned her the title of "Wild Woman of Butte."

John O'Hara Cosgrove (1866-?), born in Melbourne, Australia, worked as a reporter for "The San Francisco Call" (1887-1890) and eventually became the editor of the "New York Sunday World Magazine" and "Everybody's Magazine."

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