Wait, Frona Eunice, 1859-1946

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Birth 1859
Death 1946

Biographical notes:

Journalist. The first newspaper woman on the San Francisco Examiner. She also worked for the San Francisco Call and the Chronicle. She was an author, lecturer, and conducted a radio broadcast. She was the model for Jack London's heroine in his first novel, "A Daughter of the Snows." She established the San Francisco Book Fair.

From the description of Frona Wait Colburn Collection, 1900-1942. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58745809

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Subjects:

  • Printing
  • Balls (Parties)
  • Book collecting
  • Indians of North America
  • Oregon
  • Pageants
  • Social life and customs

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  • California (as recorded)

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