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Marnie Wellar marked it as to-read Apr 17, Aja Annabella Marie added it Jun 24, Shahrzad added it Aug 10, Carol Priestley marked it as to-read Aug 11, Her friends reported that they had never seen her happier. Glenn McKinney, recalled from his 25th reunion at Princeton University , arrived 90 minutes before Webster gave birth, at All was well initially, but Jean Webster became ill and died of childbirth fever at 7: Her daughter was named Jean Little Jean in her honor.
Jean Webster was active political and socially, and often included issues of socio-political interest in her books. The eugenics movement was a hot topic when Jean Webster was writing her novels. In particular, Richard L. Dugdale 's book about the Juke family as well as Henry Goddard 's study of the Kallikak family were widely read at the time. Webster's Dear Enemy mentions and summarizes the books approvingly, to some degree, although her protagonist, Sallie McBride, ultimately declares that she doesn't "believe that there's one thing in heredity," provided children are raised in a nurturing environment.
Nevertheless, eugenics as an idea of 'scientific truth'— generally accepted by the intelligentsia of the time— does come through in the novel. From her college years, Webster was involved in reform movements, and was a member of the State Charities Aid association, including visiting orphanages, fundraising for dependent children and arranging for adoptions.
In Dear Enemy she names as a model the Pleasantville Cottage School , a cottage-based orphanage that Webster had visited. Jean Webster supported women's suffrage and education for women. She participated in marches in support of votes for women, and having benefited from her education at Vassar, she remained actively involved with the college. Her novels also promoted the idea of education for women, and her major characters explicitly supported women's suffrage.
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Dramatic Criticism" - sequel to "Plays I," Folder In she entered Vassar College as a member of the class of Portrait of Jean Webster, head and torso, wearing white, ca. In she graduated from Vassar College , Poughkeepsie , New York, where she was a classmate and close friend of the poet Adelaide Crapsey. Books by Jean Webster.
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This page was last edited on 20 June , at By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Library resources about Jean Webster. Upon graduating from Vassar in , Webster moved to New York City, where she worked as a freelance writer for various New York magazines. Altogether Webster wrote eight novels, many plays, and several unpublished stories.
Daddy-Long-Legs directly challenged this issue; the promotion of Daddy-Long-Legs leagues and the sale of Daddy-Long-Legs dolls went towards placing orphans in suitable families. An avid traveler, Webster visited many countries in her lifetime with her best friend, Ethelyn McKinney. Finally obtaining a divorce, McKinney married Webster in In , shortly after giving birth to a daughter, Jean Webster McKinney, Webster died from complications of childbirth.