Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Gertrude Atherton
Born: October 30, 1857
Died: June 14, 1948 (aged 90)
Bio: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton was a prominent and prolific American author. Many of her novels are set in her home state of California. Her bestseller Black Oxen was made into a silent movie of the same name.
Known for:
- The Californians (1898)
- A daughter of the vine (1899)
- The avalanche (1919)
- Senator North (1900)
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