Lois Long
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Lois Bancroft Long was a popular American
writer for The New Yorker
during the 1920s. She was known under the pseudonym
Lipstick and as the epitome of a flapper
.
She was born on December 15, 1901, in Stamford, Connecticut
, the oldest of three children to William J.
and Frances Bancroft Long. She graduated from Vassar College
. Long had worked at Vogue and Vanity Fair before finding fame at The New Yorker
. Harold Ross
hired her to write a column on New York nightlife. Under the name of Lipstick, Lois Long chronicled her nightly escapades of drinking, dining, and dancing. She wrote of the decadence of the decade with an air of aplomb, wit, and satire, becoming quite a celebrity. Because her readers did not know who she was, Long often jested in her columns about being a "short squat maiden of forty" or a "kindly, old, bearded gentleman." However, in the announcement of her marriage to The New Yorker
cartoonist Peter Arno
, she revealed her true identity.
To summarize her lifestyle in her own words: "Tomorrow we may die, so let's get drunk and make love."
She remained with The New Yorker
as a columnist until 1968. She died in 1974 http://books.google.com/books?id=28jiMnfuWvMC&pg=PA206&dq=%22Lois+Long%22+-lipstick&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=%22Lois%20Long%22%20-lipstick&f=false
United States
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writer for The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
during the 1920s. She was known under the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
Lipstick and as the epitome of a flapper
Flapper
Flapper in the 1920s was a term applied to a "new breed" of young Western women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior...
.
She was born on December 15, 1901, in Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...
, the oldest of three children to William J.
William J. Long
William Joseph Long was an American writer, naturalist and minister. He lived and worked in Stamford, Connecticut as a minister of the First Congregationalist Church....
and Frances Bancroft Long. She graduated from Vassar College
Vassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
. Long had worked at Vogue and Vanity Fair before finding fame at The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
. Harold Ross
Harold Ross
Harold Wallace Ross was an American journalist and founder of The New Yorker magazine, which he edited from the magazine's inception in 1925 to his death....
hired her to write a column on New York nightlife. Under the name of Lipstick, Lois Long chronicled her nightly escapades of drinking, dining, and dancing. She wrote of the decadence of the decade with an air of aplomb, wit, and satire, becoming quite a celebrity. Because her readers did not know who she was, Long often jested in her columns about being a "short squat maiden of forty" or a "kindly, old, bearded gentleman." However, in the announcement of her marriage to The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
cartoonist Peter Arno
Peter Arno
Peter Arno was a U.S. cartoonist.-Biography:Born Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr. in New York, New York, and educated at the Hotchkiss School and Yale University, his cartoons were published in The New Yorker from 1925–1968. They often depicted a cross-section of New York society from the 1920s through...
, she revealed her true identity.
To summarize her lifestyle in her own words: "Tomorrow we may die, so let's get drunk and make love."
She remained with The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
as a columnist until 1968. She died in 1974 http://books.google.com/books?id=28jiMnfuWvMC&pg=PA206&dq=%22Lois+Long%22+-lipstick&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=%22Lois%20Long%22%20-lipstick&f=false