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Katharine Brush: portrait by Leon Gordon, 1933. Katharine Brush (August 15, 1902 – June 10, 1952) was an American newspaper columnist, short-story writer, and novelist. In the era of the 1920s-1930s, she was considered one of the country's most widely-read fiction writers, [1] as well as one of the highest paid women writers of her time; [2] several of her books were best-sellers, and ...
Katharine Brush knew that even with her early successes, she had to get down to work writing and selling more manuscripts. And this she did, in a cozy niche at the back of the apartment, turning out her best-selling autobiographical collection and countless short stories, working, as her brother said, “harder than anyone, even the President ...
Apr 22, 2019 · By Glenn H. Waight. One of America's noted popular novelists of the 1930s lived and wrote for a time in East Liverpool, using the local setting and people for some of her work. Katharine Brush, a native of Connecticut, was married to Thomas Stewart Brush of the Brush family involved in the ownership of The Review and other Ohio newspapers for ...
Aug 6, 2016 · Red-Headed Woman was a hit in its day, grossing over three-quarters three-quarters of a million dollars after an outlay of just over $400,000 (Stenn 88). It revealed a new Jean Harlow to moviegoers, one that MGM quickly doubled down on by starring opposite Clark Gable in her next film, the every bit as daring Red Dust (1932).
Katharine Brush. Writer: Red-Headed Woman. Katharine Ingham was born on 15 August, 1902 at Middletown, Connecticut, the daughter of Charles Samuel (1867-1949) and Clara Louise Northup Ingham (1874-1946). Her father was for 23 years the headmaster at Governor Dummer Academy, an all-boys school in South Byfield, Massachusetts. Later he would teach at Yale University and serve five terms in the ...
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Mar 31, 2023 · Images. An illustration of a ... Katharine Brush. Publication date 1944-01-01 Publisher The Blakiston company Collection ... Show More. plus-circle Add Review.
Katharine Brush worked as a journalist and novelist throughout her life, both before and during marriage. She was among a small number of women in journalism in the 1920s and 1930s. Her popular fiction portrayed themes of the 20th-century, including new freedoms for women.
