Quote of the day
No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
Mary Johnston
Born: November 21, 1870
Died: May 9, 1936 (aged 65)
Bio: Mary Johnston was an American novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels.
Known for:
- To Have and to Hold (1899)
- The Long Roll (1911)
- Lewis Rand (1908)
- Sir Mortimer (1904)
- Cease Firing (1912)