Clara Elizabeth Laughlin (August 3, 1873 – March 3, 1941) was an American writer, editor and radio personality.[1] She was born in New York City and lived in Chicago.
Biography
editClara Elizabeth Laughlin was born on August 3, 1873, in New York City.[2] She graduated from North Division High School in 1890.[3][4] She wrote more than 35 books. These included biographies of Sarah Bernhardt, Ferdinand Foch, and James Whitcomb Riley, in addition to an autobiography and several novels. She wrote articles for the Ladies Home Journal, and a series of travel books called "So you're going to." Her 1925 guide to Rome was one of the first publications to mention the pasta dish that would eventually become known as Fettuccine Alfredo (the only known earlier mention is in Sinclair Lewis's 1922 novel Babbit).[5][6]
Laughlin also headed Clara E. Laughlin's Travel Service, which had offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Paris, and she published a monthly magazine with circulation of more than 80,000. For three years, she gave travelogues on a radio station in Chicago.[7]
Laughlin died on March 3, 1941, in Chicago.[4]
Papers
editLaughlin's papers are held by Smith College and were donated by her nieces.[3]
References
edit- ^ Biographical Note, Clara E. Laughlin, fivecolleges.edu
- ^ Burke, William Jeremiah; Howe, Will David (1962). American Authors and Books, 1640 to the Present Day. Crown Publishers. p. 421. OCLC 1024166079.
- ^ a b Clara E. Laughlin Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, fivecolleges.edu
- ^ a b "Clara E. Laughlin, Travel Authority". The New York Times. March 4, 1941. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Laughlin, Clara E. (1925). So You're Going to Rome!. Boston, MA.: Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 351.
- ^ Lewis, Sinclair (1922). Babbitt. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. p. 196.
- ^ "So you're going -- just tell her". Arizona Daily Star. Arizona, Tucson. February 14, 1932. p. 6. Retrieved October 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
edit- Works by Clara E. Laughlin at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Clara E. Laughlin at the Internet Archive
- Works by Clara E. Laughlin at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Clara E. Laughlin papers at the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Special Collections
