Website Search
Find information on spaces, staff, and services.
Catalog Search
Books
Maria Longworth Storer : from music and art to popes and presidents
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
- Physical
- Summary
-
"Maria Longworth Storer: From Music and Art to Popes and Presidents tells the story of one of Cincinnati's most prominent women activists and socialites, Maria Longworth Storer. A philanthropist an...
"Maria Longworth Storer: From Music and Art to Popes and Presidents tells the story of one of Cincinnati's most prominent women activists and socialites, Maria Longworth Storer. A philanthropist and talented artist, known as the founder of Rookwood Pottery, Maria pushed the boundaries of women's involvement in the public sphere and established close diplomatic relationships with a number of religious figures and political leaders, including then president Teddy Roosevelt. When a 1906 scandal inflicted considerable damage on her second husband's and her positions, Maria managed to recover and devote her life to the causes she held dearest--religion, art, and philanthropy. Her activist spirit left a lasting impression and remains an important part of Cincinnati and American history"--
Details
Checking for availability...
- Creator
- Constance J. Moore, Nancy M. Broermann
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
-
- Cincinnati : University of Cincinnati Press, 2019
- Physical Details
-
- xxi, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781947602335, 9781947602342, 1947602357, 9781947602366, 9781947602373, 9781947602359, 1947602330, 1947602349
- OCLC
- on1050455016, on1240670478
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-354) and index.
- Prologue: December 1905 -- Egypt -- Wealthiest unmarried lady in the country -- Season of hope, of desire, of promise -- Good looks, intelligence, and character -- Giggle, gabble, gobble, and go -- Exiled here -- This ungrateful country -- Ambassadress -- "Dear Theodore" versus "dear Maria" -- Gadflies -- Modern monstrosity -- Drifting along alone -- Epilogue: equal footing with intelligent men
Subjects
- Storer, Maria Longworth, 1849-1932.
- Women philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.
- Catholic converts -- United States -- Biography.
- Socialites -- United States -- Biography.
- Diplomats' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
- Women potters -- United States -- Biography.
- Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Social life and customs.
- Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Biography.