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852:, describing it as a "remarkable work, with its warning of tremendous import to civilization". Atherton claimed that American civilization had been created by the "Nordic" or "Anglo-Saxon" race, and that this was now threatened by an influx of "Alpine" and "Mediterranean" immigrants, who Atherton regarded as inferior to Nordics. Atherton argued that "The old Nordic-American stock is being rapidly bred out by the refuse of Europe." Atherton cited works such as
921:(collecting the authors' responses), Atherton stated that although she disliked both fascism and communism, she considered communism the greater evil and added, "Although I have no love for Franco, I hope he will mop up the Communists, and send home, with tails between legs, all those gullible Americans who enlisted to save Spanish 'Democracy'". Atherton attended the Democratic National Convention in 1928. In a poll carried out by the
774:"the amazing and memorable Patience Sparhawk may perhaps be referred to as the first foreshadowing of the good work that has done since. It seems to have been also generally conceded that no matter what the subject chanced to be . . . nothing from her pen would be commonplace or dull. that startling performance introduced her to a different audience, one much larger and more seriously interested than she had had before."
738:, who shared her interest in artists' rights, and whose disappearance at sea she lamented. Though she could be offensively assertive with her acerbic wit, notes Gerry Max, she crusaded with dertermination for many of the key intellectual freedom issues of her day, especially those involving women's rights, and remained, throughout a long creative life, a true friend to writers. In his autobiographical novel,
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531:(October 1, 1898) said it "was by far more convincing and attractive in delineating California manners and morals.... The novel fairly establishes her claim to be considered as one of the most vivid and entertaining interpreters of the complex characters of emancipated American womanhood." The November 8
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635:(1923), about an aging woman who miraculously becomes young again after glandular therapy. The novel names the areas of a woman's power as youth and vitality, examines the social expectations surrounding them, then prompts women to avoid these conventions. The latter was adapted into the film
401:, and her faith stands in the way of Diego's political ambitions. The dramatic climax peaks when Diego kills Chonita's brother, Reynaldo, and she is forced to choose between her cultural loyalty or her love for Diego. The plot of the novel closely resembles that of
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Alejandra Rathbone (married to Major Jared Lawrence Rathbone). That year, she heard from British publisher G. Routledge and Sons that they would publish her first two books.
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504:, the reviewer said that Atherton had "incontestable" ability and a "very original talent" while noting that the book offered a series of "fleshy" episodes in Patience's life that may scare a sensitive reader. It was banned from the
805:, the character Harriet "is practically a white woman but for a scarcely perceptible blueness at the base of her fingernails, this character of Harriet is perhaps the best bit of feminine analysis that Mrs. Atherton ever did."
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Atherton "redefined women's potential and presented a psychological drama of a woman's quest for identity and for a life purpose and happiness within and beyond her procreative function". She also said that
240:, and her husband died at sea. She was left alone with their daughter Muriel and needed to support herself. Her mother in law agreed to raise Muriel and give her the inheritance that would have gone to George.
224:, who was courting her mother. He became more interested in daughter Gertrude, and after she accepted his sixth proposal, they eloped on February 15, 1876. She went to live with him and his domineering
548:(1898), set in contemporary time. In this novel, she contrasts English and American men, American and English cultures, and comments on the relationships between men and women. She also completed
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California in 1890 at the death of her grandfather Franklin and her mother-in-law Dominga Atherton, and she resumed care of Muriel. In 1891, while writing a weekly column for
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California to live with her grandfather and mother after her aunt refused to house her any longer because of her rebelliousness. There she met George H.B. Atherton, son of
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that said it was "crude" in its portrayal of a clever young woman with burning interest in life and identified it as a protest against the tame
American novel. In the May 15 issue of
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Schley-Ulrich, William. “The Many Faces of Nance O'Neil.” The
Hatchet, Peartree Press, June 2018, lizzieandrewborden.com/HatchetOnline/the-many-faces-of-nance-oneil.html.
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307:In London, Atherton had the opportunity through
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2557:Writers of historical fiction set in antiquity
2082:Americans and the Soviet experiment, 1917-1933
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627:(1902), which is a fictionalized biography of
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903:Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
614:National Union of Woman's Suffrage Societies
1795:. New York, NY : Facts on File, 2013.
1690:Nineteenth-Century American Western Writers
1404:(1927), based on her novel of the same name
1396:(1927), based on her novel of the same name
1388:(1924), based on her novel of the same name
988:Los Cerritos, a Romance of the Modern Times
951:in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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1850:. Caxton printers, Limited, 1943 (p. 378)
1717:(Stanford University Press, 1991), p.116.
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895:. In 1919, Atherton wrote an article for
616:, and by Society in general." (p. 298).
2399:Works by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
1198:The Sisters-in-Law: A Novel of Our Times
486:Patience Sparhawk and Her Times, A Novel
447:Patience Sparhawk and Her Times, A Novel
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1865:Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction
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2070:. London: W. H. Allen. p. 176.
1793:Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature
1038:American Wives and English Husbands
546:American Wives and English Husbands
228:mother. Gertrude found life in the
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506:San Francisco Mechanics' Institute
278:in March 1882 under the pseudonym
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1819:Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature
1534:"Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton"
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2038:University of Pennsylvania Press
1848:Ancient Greece in Modern America
1419:Concha Arguëllo, Sister Dominica
1010:(1894), revised and enlarged as
909:which side she supported in the
756:Dictionary of Literary Biography
2482:20th-century American novelists
2462:19th-century American novelists
2342:Sherren, Wilkinson (May 1916).
1614:Dowd, Katie (October 9, 2018).
1349:Patience Sparhawk and Her Times
1264:California: An Intimate History
1151:California, An Intimate History
1031:Patience Sparhawk and Her Times
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434:writing (in particular for the
328:Also in London she met a young
171:Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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1816:Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (2004).
1688:McClure, Charlotte S. (1997).
1650:McClure, Charlotte S. (1989).
1360:The Avalanche: A Mystery Story
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1631:Leider, Emily Wortis (1991).
1511:. Stanford University Press.
1505:Leider, Emily Wortis (1991).
1415:The Spinners' Book of Fiction
1090:Mrs. Pendleton's Four-in-Hand
924:Saturday Review of Literature
845:The Passing of the Great Race
390:Lippincott's Monthly Magazine
376:. She became a member of the
315:. She recalled in her memoir
183:silent movie of the same name
2388:at Dartmouth College Library
517:In 1898, Atherton completed
2532:Suffragists from California
2433:(public domain audiobooks)
2295:Atherton, Gertrude Franklin
2144:. November 2nd, 1940 (p.8).
1744:Contemporary Authors Online
1369:(1920), based on her novel
1347:(1918), based on her novel
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27:American author (1857–1948)
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2408:Works by Gertrude Atherton
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1139:Julia France and Her Times
943:Atherton's autobiography,
907:League of American Writers
753:Charlotte S. McClure in a
621:The Splendid, Idle Forties
606:Julia France and Her Times
338:The San Francisco Examiner
2492:American feminist writers
1879:Eminent Women of the West
465:, 1899) while staying in
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195:San Francisco, California
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2098:Monteath, Peter (1994).
2086:Harvard University Press
2032:Kirsten Marie Delegard,
1540:. The Literature Network
1444:, June 1921, p. 92.
1310:American Folkways series
1246:Adventures of a Novelist
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820:Atherton also advocated
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317:Adventures of a Novelist
217:in Lexington, Kentucky.
177:. Her bestselling novel
125:University of California
2502:American horror writers
1620:San Francisco Chronicle
1377:Don't Neglect Your Wife
1282:Can Women Be Gentlemen?
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590:In a May 1904 article,
475:Cassells Pocket Library
199:Stonington, Connecticut
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