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Jane Grant (1892-1972) was a New York City journalist who co-founded The New Yorker with her first husband, Harold Ross. 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
The Empire State Building (right) and the Chrysler Building (left) are easily recognized symbols of New York City to the world. ...
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Harold Wallace Ross (November 6, 1892 - December 6, 1951) was an American journalist and founder of The New Yorker magazine, which he edited from 1925 to his death. ...
She was born Jeanette Cole Grant in Joplin, Missouri and grew up and went to school in Girard, Kansas. Grant orginally trained to be a vocalist. She came to New York City at 16 to pursue singing, but fell into magazine writing, later joining the staff of The New York Times. Joplin is a city located in parts of southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of Missouri. ...
Girard is a city located in Crawford County, Kansas. ...
The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. ...
Grant was close friends with critic Alexander Woollcott; it was through him that she joined the Algonquin Round Table. Another good friend was the writer Janet Flanner. Grant showed Ross her friend's letters from Paris; Ross liked them so much he tapped her to be one of The New Yorker's greatest correspondents. Grant also helped on the business side of the magazine in its earliest days. Alexander Woollcott, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (January 19, 1887 - January 23, 1943) was a critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. ...
The Algonquin Round Table was a group of some of the most brilliant writers of the 1920s and 1930s, though it endured long after that. ...
Janet Flanner (March 13, 1892 - November 7, 1978) was an American writer and journalist who served as the Paris correspondent of the New Yorker magazine from its inception in 1925 until she retired in 1975. ...
In World War I, Grant, who was also a talented singer and dancer, talked her way onto a troopship to France. She joined the American Red Cross and entertained soldiers during shows in Paris and at camps. It was in France that she first met Ross and the future "Vicious Circle" members. A WWII-era poster encouraged American women to volunteer for the Red Cross as part of the war effort. ...
Grant was one of the founders of the New York Newspaper Women's Club and an organizing force behind the formation of the Lucy Stone League in 1921. An organization that fought for women to preserve their maiden names after marriage (as Grant did after her two marriages), the group was a vocal group of feminists throughout the 1920s and '30s. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Ross and Grant divorced in 1928 after nine years of marriage. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
As a journalist for The New York Times (she was the first woman reporter in the city room), she covered women's issues, questioning public figures about their views on the status of women and interviewing women who worked in traditionally male professions. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
In 1939 she married William B. Harris, the editor of Fortune magazine. Grant became even more active in feminist causes, reactivating the Lucy Stone League and expanding its purpose. She continued to work for the rights of women into the 1960s, advocating for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and serving on the National Council of Women. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ...
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which would have guaranteed equal rights under law for Americans regardless of sex. ...
She and Harris moved from Manhattan to Litchfield, Connecticut, before World War II. The couple had a love of nature and flowers; so they founded White Flower Farm out of a barn on their property. In the 1950s they started a mail order business for home gardening; it was a big success. Litchfield is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut. ...
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Grant died in 1972 on the Connecticut farm she shared with her husband. Harris sold the nursery to its current owner, Eliot Wadsworth, in 1976. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In 1974 Harris was approached for an endowment by the University of Oregon. After a visit to the school, he agreed to fund a center that engaged in research on women and gender studies. In 1976, Harris donated Jane Grant's papers to the University of Oregon. Upon his death in 1981, he left a $3.5 million bequest in his wife's name to establish the Center for the Study of Women in Society. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO) is a public university located in Eugene. ...
Image of a woman on the Pioneer plaque sent to outer space. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Reference - Jane Grant, Ross, The New Yorker, And Me, New York: Reynal, 1968.
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