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Jun 8, 2017 · The woman in question was Martha “Mamah” Borthwick Cheney, the wife of one of Wright’s clients. Not long after being commissioned by businessman and Oak Park, Illinois, neighbor Edwin Cheney...
Cheney. Mamah Bouton Borthwick was born in June of 1869. She recieved a BA Degree from the University Of Michigan, in 1892. In 1899 she married Edwin Cheney, and had two children, John (1902), and Martha (1905). In 1909, she started her love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright.
Martha Bouton "Mamah" Borthwick (June 19, 1869 – August 15, 1914) was an American translator who had a romantic relationship with architect Frank Lloyd Wright, which ended when she was murdered. She and Wright were instrumental in bringing the ideas and writings of Swedish feminist Ellen Key to American audiences.
Aug 24, 2007 · Mamah Borthwick Cheney wrote in 1911 that she had “made a choice in harmony with my own soul” after leaving her husband and young children to build a life with Frank Lloyd Wright. But...
Dec 4, 2020 · Wright was grieving for his lover, Mamah Borthwick. Cheney was mourning two children he had with Borthwick from their onetime marriage. Wright and Cheney had separately been in Chicago when...
Aug 18, 2022 · The mistress of Frank Lloyd Wright, Mamah Borthwick was killed by an ax-wielding servant at Taliesin, Wright's Wisconsin home, on August 15, 1914.
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Scandal turned to tragedy on August 15, 1914, when Borthwick and two of her sons with Cheney were murdered by Julian Carlton, an African American servant who apparently had suffered belligerent racist abuse from one of Wright's draftsmen.
