Susanne Vandegrift Moore

Susanne Vandegrift Moore
A woman of the century
Born May 15, 1848
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died 1926
Resting place Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Occupation editor, publisher
Language English
Nationality American

Susanne Vandegrift Moore (May 15, 1848 - 1926) was an American editor and publisher. During the period of 1889-97, she was the editor and owner of the weekly, St. Louis Life.[1] She was friends with Kate Chopin.[2]

Early years and education

Susanne ("Sue") Vandegrift Moore born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1848. She was educated in a female seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3]

Career

She taught for several years after graduation in private and public schools. In 1877, she married, and with her husband, moved to St. Louis, Missouri. She became a regular contributor to the St. Louis Spectator and contributed to the woman's department of the New York World. Thrown upon her own resources, she began in 1889 the publication of an illustrated weekly journal, St. Louis Life, of which she was editor and owner. The venture was successful, providing for a comfortable income.[4] She died in 1926 and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida.

References

  1. ↑ Okker 2008, p. 201.
  2. ↑ Fusco 1994, p. 158.
  3. ↑ Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 517.
  4. ↑ Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 518.

Attribution

  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton.

Bibliography

  • Fusco, Richard (1994). Maupassant and the American Short Story: The Influence of Form at the Turn of the Century. Penn State Press. ISBN 0-271-01081-9.
  • Okker, Patricia (1 June 2008). Our Sister Editors: Sarah J. Hale and the Tradition of Nineteenth-century American Women Editors. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3249-9.
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