Eugene Field
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‘Violently in love with her profession’
Though Fanny Bagby was a trailblazer in her profession, her male peers, predictably, focused more on her appearance than on her achievements. The first female managing editor of a St. Louis daily newspaper* not only could turn a phrase, she turned heads. And that could prove dangerous. According to a news story by Eugene Field Continue reading
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‘The house where Eugene Field was not born’
A plaque on the Eugene Field House says “the children’s poet” — famous for “Little Boy Blue,” “Wynken, Blynken and Nod,” and other works — was born there. The Field House Museum, on its website, says “Eugene Field was born in St. Louis at 634 South Broadway, on September 2, 1850.” And some contemporary news Continue reading
Roland Klose 