Marian de Forest
Marian de Forest or Marian deForest (born February 27, 1864 in Buffalo ; died February 17, 1935 there ) was an American journalist and playwright . She was also an important and well-known advocate of the progressive women's movement in the United States and a co-founder of Zonta (later Zonta International ), a service organization for female professionals. In 2001 she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame .
life and work
Marian de Forest was born in 1864 to Cyrus H. and Sarah Germain Sutherland deForest. Due to an eye injury, she received private tuition as a teenager, later she graduated from Buffalo Seminary in 1884 , after which she became one of the first reporters in western New York State and wrote for The Buffalo Express , now The Buffalo Evening News , where she stayed for 20 years Was a critic and editor of the women's department. She then became city editor for The Buffalo Commercial . She was Executive Secretary of the Board of Women Managers during the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901 .
In addition to her reporter work, she wrote plays and supported the role of women in the theater. Her theater implementation of the novel Little Women by the American writer Louisa May Alcott from 1868/1869, which she wrote in 1911, became known. The play was played on Broadway and the actress Katharine Cornell began her career with him in 1919 at the New Theater in London. Some of her other pieces include Erstwhile Susan , Mr. Man and a number of unreleased works. She worked with Zona Gale on the production of Friendship Village on a series entitled Neighbors for national broadcaster WEAF.
On January 8, 1919, she founded the organization Zonta as a "service organization for women in leadership positions that works to improve the legal, political, economic and professional status of women worldwide". In 1924 she co-founded and first director of the Buffalo Musical Foundation and played an important role in founding the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in the early 1930s. She was also a board member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and the Buffalo Public Library.
Marian de Forest died in 1935 at Buffalo General Hospital on a cancer and was in the Forest Lawn Cemeter buried with their parents. Her dramas are in the collection of the Buffalo History Museum . In 2001 she was posthumously inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame .
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c Marian de Forest , Portrait of the National Women's Hall of Fame ; accessed on January 1, 2020.
- ↑ a b c d e Patrick Kavanagh: Marian de Forest , portrait on The History of Buffalo, New York; accessed on January 1, 2020.
Web links
- Marian de Forest , portrait of the National Women's Hall of Fame
- Patrick Kavanagh: Marian de Forest , portrait on The History of Buffalo, New York
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Forest, Marian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | deForest, Marian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist, playwright and suffragette |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buffalo |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1935 |
| Place of death | Buffalo |