Elizabeth Jordan (writer)
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Elizabeth Garver Jordan (1867 - 1947), American journalist, author, editor, and suffragist, is now remembered primarily for her relationship with Henry James
, especially for recruiting him to participate in the round-robin novel The Whole Family
. She was editor of Harper's Bazaar
from 1900 to 1913.
Henry James
Henry James, OM was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr., a clergyman, and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James....
, especially for recruiting him to participate in the round-robin novel The Whole Family
The Whole Family
The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors is a collaborative novel told in twelve chapters, each by a different author. This unusual project was conceived by novelist William Dean Howells and carried out under the direction of Harper's Bazaar editor Elizabeth Jordan, who would write one of the...
. She was editor of Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar
Harper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for “women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.”...
from 1900 to 1913.
External links
- Howard, June. "Her Very Handwriting Looks as if She Owned the Earth: Elizabeth Jordan and Editorial Power" in Danky, James P.; and Wiegand, Wayne A. (eds.) 'Women in Print: Essays on the Print Culture of American Women from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries'. University of Wisconsin Press, 2006, pp. 64–76. text of article online
- Roggenkamp, Karen. "Sympathy and Sensation: Elizabeth Jordan, Lizzie Borden, and the Female Reporter in the Late Nineteenth Century" from American Literary Realism 40.1 (2008) 32-51 (short story included in collection Different Girls).