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Susan Webb Cushman (March 17, 1822 – May 10, 1859) was a Boston, Massachusetts -born American actress, the younger sister of established actress Charlotte Cushman . Susan Cushman débuted in Epes Sargent 's play, The Genoese in 1836, a year after a trip with her mother to see Charlotte, an up-and-coming actress, in New York City and Albany ...
Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury (22 August 1812 – 23 September 1880) was an English novelist, book reviewer and literary figure in London, best known for popular novels such as Zoe: the History of Two Lives and reviews for the literary periodical the Athenaeum. Jewsbury never married, but enjoyed intimate friendships, notably with Jane Carlyle ...
The Charlotte Cushman Foundation funds Philadelphia, regional non-profit theatres with grants for performers. The purpose of the Foundation is to promote the theatre arts and the public appreciation thereof. The Cushman Foundation was founded by the officers of the Charlotte Cushman Club and Library. Originally established in 1907, and closed ...
Courtesy of the Library of Congress (LC-USZ62-55591) Charlotte Cushman’s father was a descendant of Robert Cushman, one of the Pilgrims who landed in Plymouth in 1620. She was a celebrated actress who triumphed in both the United States and Great Britain—the first native-born woman so honored. Though school ended for her at age 13, she ...
Mar 14, 2022 · Charlotte Cushman was born June 23, 1816 in Boston, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. She was a daughter of Elkanah Cushman and Mary Eliza Babbit. “Charlotte Cushman (1816–1876) as Lady Macbeth “lost herself in her assumed character,” Charlotte died on February 18, 1876 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
Occupation. poet, activist. Period. 1830s–1880s. Eliza Cook (24 December 1818 – 23 September 1889) was an English author and poet associated with the Chartist movement. She was a proponent of political freedom for women, and believed in the ideology of self-improvement through education, something she called "levelling up."
Matilda Mary Hays (8 September 1820 – 3 July 1897) was a 19th-century English writer, journalist and part-time actress. With Eliza Ashurst, Hays translated several of George Sand 's works into English. She co-founded the English Woman's Journal. Her love interests included the actress Charlotte Cushman, with whom she had a 10-year ...
