Abbe Carter Goodloe
Abbe Carter Goodloe | |
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 Abbe Carter Goodloe, from a 1897 publication | |
| Born | Abbie Carter Goodloe January 15, 1867 Versailles, Kentucky |
| Died | October 8, 1960 (aged 93) New York, New York |
| Other names | A. Carter Goodloe, Carter Goodloe |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Notable work | College Girls (1897) |
Abbe (or Abbie) Carter Goodloe (January 15, 1867 – October 8, 1960) was an American writer, sometimes credited as A. Carter Goodloe or Carter Goodloe.[1]
Early life
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Abbie Carter was born in Versailles, Kentucky, the daughter of John Kemp Goodloe and Mary Lucretia Goodloe. Her mother was a clubwoman,[2] and her father was a lawyer and a judge.[3] She graduated from Wellesley College in 1898,[4][5] and wrote the lyrics for two songs in the college songbook ("Mona Lisa" and "Le Pays du Tendre").[6] After college she went to France to improve her French language skills.[7]
Career
[edit]Goodloe was a writer who specialized in short stories,[5][8] many of which were published in Scribner's Magazine.[9] She also did translations for Scribner's.[7] Books by Goodloe included Antinoüs: a tragedy (1891),[10] College Girls (1895, a collection of her stories, illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson),[11] Calvert of Strathore (1903, a novel),[12] At the Foot of the Rockies (1905, more short stories),[13][14] and The Star-Gazers (1910, a romance set in Mexico).[15] Her style was described as "vivid", and "essentially clever and racy to a delightful degree", in an 1895 review.[16] She also wrote plays. Her story "Claustrophobia" (Scribner's, 1926) won an O. Henry Award in 1927; it was made into a film titled I Live My Life (1935), starring Joan Crawford and Brian Aherne.[17] Later in her career, she sold scenarios for television productions.[7]
During World War I, she hosted fundraising events for war relief causes with the Wellesley Club of Kentucky.[18][19]
Personal life
[edit]Goodloe played golf.[20] She died in 1960, aged 93 years, in New York City. Her stories are still anthologized in collections of American literature.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ "Notes about Books and Authors". The Book Buyer. 35: 147. October 1910.
- ^ "Pioneer Woman of City is Dead". The Courier-Journal. 1922-09-10. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-03-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "J. K. Goodloe, 65, Dies at Home; Funeral Today". The Courier-Journal. 1946-12-24. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-03-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Goodloe, Abbe Carter (May 1898). "Undergraduate Life at Wellesley College". Scribner's Magazine. 23: 515–538.
- ^ a b "Writes Stories About Girls". The Anaconda Standard. 1910-11-10. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-03-28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wellesley Lyrics: Poems Written by Students and Graduates of Wellesley College. F. Wood Printer. 1896. pp. 17, 145.
- ^ a b c Ross, James M. (1942-05-17). "Louisville Writer Takes Stock". The Courier-Journal. p. 25. Retrieved 2021-03-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Giltner, Leigh Gordon. "Kentucky in Recent Literature" Midland Monthly 8(December 1897): 485.
- ^ "Honor for Louisville Writer". The Courier-Journal. 1915-05-31. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-03-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Goodloe, Abbe Carter (1891). Antinoüs: a tragedy. Philadelphia: Printed by J.B. Lippincott Company.
- ^ Goodloe, Abbe Carter (1895). College girls. New York: C. Scribner's sons.
- ^ Goodloe, Abbe Carter (1903). Calvert of Strathore. New York: Scribner.
- ^ Goodloe, Abbe Carter (1905). At the foot of the Rockies. New York: C. Scribner's sons.
- ^ "Still Another Book by a Prominent Louisville Author". The Courier-Journal. 1905-05-20. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-03-28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Goodloe, Abbe Carter (1910). The star-gazers. New York: C. Scribner's sons.
- ^ "Book Reviews". The Vassar Miscellany. 25: 94. November 1895. ISBN 0822325128.
- ^ "Her Story is Filmed". The Courier-Journal. 1935-09-27. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-03-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Announcements". The Courier-Journal. 1918-08-25. p. 22. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ "Louisville Authoress". The Courier-Journal. 1918-09-01. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ "Ourselves in Black and White". The Courier-Journal. 1921-04-06. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-03-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dawson, Melanie (2000-07-07). The American 1890s: A Cultural Reader. Duke University Press. p. 376. ISBN 978-0-8223-2512-3.
