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'''Kate Field''' (c.1840-1896) was an [[United States|American]] journalist, lecturer, and actress, of eccentric talent. She was born in [[Saint Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri|Mo.]], the daughter of [[Joseph M. Field]], was educated in [[New England]] and in [[England]], and prolonged her stay in [[Europe]] as correspondent of various American newspapers, writing also for magazines. On her return she gave lectures and public |
'''Kate Field''' (c.1840-1896) was an [[United States|American]] journalist, lecturer, and actress, of eccentric talent. She was born in [[Saint Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri|Mo.]], the daughter of [[Joseph M. Field]], was educated in [[New England]] and in [[England]], and prolonged her stay in [[Europe]] as correspondent of various American newspapers, writing also for magazines. On her return she gave lectures and public and in [[1874]] appeared as [[Margaret Woffington|Peg Woffington]] at [[Edwin Booth|Booth's Theatre]], [[New York City|New York]]. She afterward abandoned the regular [[comedy|comedy]] for [[dance|dance]], [[song|song]], and [[recitation|recitation]], but achieved no striking success. In [[1882]]-[[1883|83]] she headed a Coöperative Dress Association in New York, which achieved a conspicuous failure. In [[1889]] she established ''[[Kate Field's Washington]]'', a weekly journal published in [[Washington, D.C.|the capital]]. After [[1868]] she published numerous volumes of miscellaneous contents, no longer noteworthy. |
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Revision as of 02:50, 28 November 2007
Kate Field (c.1840-1896) was an American journalist, lecturer, and actress, of eccentric talent. She was born in St. Louis, Mo., the daughter of Joseph M. Field, was educated in New England and in England, and prolonged her stay in Europe as correspondent of various American newspapers, writing also for magazines. On her return she gave lectures and public readings and in 1874 appeared as Peg Woffington at Booth's Theatre, New York. She afterward abandoned the regular comedy for dance, song, and recitation, but achieved no striking success. In 1882-83 she headed a Coöperative Dress Association in New York, which achieved a conspicuous failure. In 1889 she established Kate Field's Washington, a weekly journal published in the capital. After 1868 she published numerous volumes of miscellaneous contents, no longer noteworthy.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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