Speare, Florence Lewis, 1886-1965.

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Playwright and teacher (Radcliffe, A.B., 1913), Speare founded the Department of Drama and Expression at Goucher College (1919-1920).

From the description of Papers, 1911-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006856

Florence Lewis Speare was a playwright and lecturer at The Johns Hopkins University.

She was born in Brookline, Mass., April 9 1886, studied at Radcliffe College, and later married author and Hopkins alumnus, M. Edmund Speare in 1915. During 1920-1921, Mrs. Speare was a lecturer in the Dept. of English at Hopkins where she presented a series of lectures on modern American and English drama and dramatists. Her published plays included "The Demonstrator," The Lady with the Lamp," and "The Extra Girl." Florence Lewis Speare died in Washington D.C., May 3, 1965.

From the description of Florence Lewis Speare papers, 1920-1921. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 49310154

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creatorOf Speare, Florence Lewis, 1886-1965. Papers, 1911-1968 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Cronkhite, Bernice Brown, 1893-. Papers, 1915-1970 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Speare, Florence Lewis, 1886-1965. Florence Lewis Speare papers, 1920-1921. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Papers, 1915-1970 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith Bernice V. Brown Cronkhite person
associatedWith Briggs, Le Baron Russell, 1855-1934. person
associatedWith Comstock, Ada Louise. person
associatedWith Cronkhite, Bernice Brown, 1893- person
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associatedWith Speare, Morris Edmund, 1884-1974. person
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American drama
English drama
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Birth 1886

Death 1965

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