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Name |
Frank, Florence Kiper |
Othernames |
Florence Kiper |
Born |
1885 |
Birthplace |
Kansas |
Places of residence |
Married Jerome Frank in Lake Bluff the summer of 1914. In 1920 lived at 1162 Hamptondale Ave., Winnetka, with her husband, daughter, sister, and mother-in-law. |
Nationality |
American |
Education |
University of Chicago |
Occupation |
Poet, Author, and Feminist Kiper's plays Jael (1914), Cinderelline (1911), and The Visitors (1916) were performed at Chicago Little Theater, Provincetown Players of New York, and Los Angeles Little Theater. Gee-Rusalem, a one-act play, was produced by Provincetown Playhouse in New York in 1918. It shared the stage with new works by Edna St. Vincent Milay and Eugene O'Neil. |
Role |
Writer |
Publications |
"The Jew to Jesus" (1904) "Some American Plays from a Feminist Viewpoint" (1914) |
Relationships |
Miriam Kiper (sister) |
Spouse |
Jerome Frank |
Children |
Barbara Frank - born April 10, 1917 |
Notes |
Member of the Chicago Literary Circle, which included Carl Sandberg, Edgar Lee Masters and others. Member of University of Chicago's College Equal Suffrage League. |
