Manning, Marie, -1945

Columnist; Novelist.

Born Washington, D.C., circa 1872; educated in private schools in Washington, D.C., New York, and London; journalist for the New York World, 1890-97; joined staff of Hearst's New York Evening Journal, 1897 where she helped produce a woman's page and covered other stories from the "woman's angle." Debuted as advice columnist, 1898 under name of Beatrice Fairfax. Married Herman Gasch, 1905; had two sons; and became active in the suffrage movement. Resumed Beatrice Fairfax column in 1929, which was distributed to 200 newspapers. Also published short stories and novels, and nonfiction, including Personal Reply, a book of advice to World War II servicemen and their families, in 1943; and Ladies Now and Then, an autobiography, in 1944. Covered Washington, D.C. as a reporter for the International News Service in her later career. Died 1945.

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