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Author: Julie Mathilde Lippmann
Storyline: The continuing adventures of Martha Slawson, a strong, kindly and humorous Irish serving woman in New York
Copyright: 1913
Publication: 1913
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York
Format: Green cloth-bound hardcover with applied plate to front cover
Page Count: 292
Author Biography:
Lippmann, Julie Mathilde (b.1864-d.1952) A popular American novelist, playwright and political activist, Lippman rubbed elbows with the literati of the day. Her most well known book is Martha-By-The-Day (1914) which she successfully made into a stage play in 1919. Lippman's friends included Louisa May Alcott and Mark Twain. Lippmann was a dedicated supporter of Theodore Roosevelt, worked for womens' suffrage, and wrote American propaganda during the First World War. Lippman lived and worked in New York City until she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she resided until her death.
Works include: Sweet P's (1905); Making Over Martha (1913); Martha-By-The-Day (1914); Martha and Cupid (1914); Flexible Ferdinand (1919)