Fannie Hurst
Toronto Daily Star, August 13 1931
Fannie Hurst (1889-1968) was a bestselling author during the 1920s and 1930s, eventually producing 19 novels and over 300 short stories. She was popular enough in the early 1930s to become a celebrity, but her writing later fell out of fashion. One critic complained that she relied too heavily on stereotypes, including "The Cad, the Alcoholic, the Egotist, the Self-Absorbed Rich Lady, the Golden-Hearted Whore, the Brave Wife, the Pure-Minded Virgin, and the Honest Burgher".
Ms. Hurst was also a social activist, working to support equal rights for women and Black people. She was a member of the Lucy Stone League, an organization that advocated that women should keep their maiden name when they married. Ms. Hurst retained her maiden name when she married Jacques S. Danielson; the couple kept separate residences and renewed their marriage contract every five years.
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