Lucy Hamilton Hooper
Lucy Hamilton Hooper | |
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"A woman of the century" | |
Born | Lucy Hamilton Jones January 20, 1835 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | August 31, 1893 Paris, France | (aged 58)
Resting place | Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia |
Occupation | poet, journalist, editor, playwright |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Robert E. Hooper (m. 1854) |
Lucy Hamilton Hooper (January 20, 1835 – August 31, 1893) was an American poet, journalist, editor, and playwright.
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Early years and education
Lucy Hamilton Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 20, 1835. She was the daughter of, Bataile Muse Jones,[1] a well-known merchant of that city.[2]
Career
In 1854, she married Robert E. Hooper, a native of Philadelphia, and resided in that city for several years. Her first poems, written, at a very early age, were published in Godey's Lady's Book. In 1864, a small collection of her poems was published by Frederick Leypoldt, the first 100 copies of the edition being presented by the author to the Great Central Fair for the benefit of the United States Sanitary Commission, which was then in progress in Philadelphia. The publication of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine began in 1868, and Hooper became a constant contributor. She assumed the functions of assistant editor of that periodical, a post which she retained till her visit to Europe, in 1870. In 1871, a second collection of her poems was published, including most of those that had been printed in the first volume, with important additions.[2]
Hooper contributed a large number of stories, articles and poems to the leading American periodicals for more than 20 years. Though born to great wealth, Hooper was compelled to become a writer as a profession because of a commercial crisis. While in Europe in 1874, she served as the Paris correspondent of several prominent U.S. newspapers. She was also a regular contributor to the Philadelphia Evening Telegraphfor 16 years, and of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. [2]
She was the author of a translation of Alphonse Daudet's novel, The Nabob, which was published by special agreement with Daudet An original novel, called Under the Tricolor, and a four-act drama, entitled Helen's Inheritance, were other literary works of important character. The latter was first produced in June, 1888, in a French version, in the Théâtre d'Application, in Paris, Nettie Hooper playing the part of the heroine, continuing in the role when the piece was brought out by A. M. Palmer in the Madison Square Theatre, in New York City, in December, 1889. The drama was produced under another title, Inherited, throughout the U.S. for several seasons.
Hooper made her home in Paris, France,[2] where she died August 31, 1893.[1] She was buried at the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.
References
- ^ a b Benbow-Pfalzgraf 2000, p. 228.
- ^ a b c d Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 392.
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
- Benbow-Pfalzgraf, Taryn (2000). American women writers: a critical reference guide : from colonial times to the present. St. James Press. ISBN 978-1-55862-431-3.