Nora May French
Who is Nora May French
Nora May French (1881 – November 13, 1907) was an American poet and member of the bohemian literary circles of the Carmel Arts and Crafts Club which flourished after the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906.
Biography
French was born in 1881 in Aurora, New York to Edward French, a professor at Wells College and Mary Wells French, the sister of the founder of Wells Fargo, Henry Wells. When she was seven years old, her wealthy family moved to a ranch outside of Los Angeles, but within a few years they lost that property as a result of a devastating house fire and a failed fruit crop. Her writing career began in her teens, when she was published in local newspapers and magazines.
In her early twenties, she became engaged, off and on again, to Ala...
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- Cjp_still: for well over a century, women have been taking pills to terminate their pregnancy. it's never been safer to do so than now:
- Cjp_still: update: my various powers that be have deemed this both too small fry to go after, and hazy legally (with their list of resources). but since this podcast seems committed to this format, as a warning to other authors, here it is:
- Cjp_still: the central figure of the gilded edge, nora may french, was henry wells' grand-niece and grew up in aurora, ny, the town wells as much as built. i was way up in the wells archive and it was hinky from the start.
- Cjp_still: november 13th, 1907, poet nora may french died of cyanide ingestion in the home of george and carrie sterling, founders of the bohemian writers colony at carmel-by-the-sea. she was 26. her death was covered in the newspapers coast to coast.
- Cjp_still: carmel has put out a new documentary about its bohemian founders (scroll down to trailer). sadly, no mention of nora may french. but you gotta love the energy they're brining to george sterling!
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