Novelist Elswyth Thane

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Elswyth Thane

Living place: Iowa

Birthday: 16-5-1900

Population of US 1900: 76,094,000

Global rank: #79770

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Who is Novelist Elswyth Thane?
An American author of romance novels and works of historical fiction, she is known for her popular Williamsburg books, which follow generations of a fictional family from the American Revolution through World War II. Her other novels include From This Day Forward (1941) and The Lost Common (1953).
Her Williamsburg series began in 1943 with Dawn's light head and ended in 1957 with Homing.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She became a freelance writer in the 1920s and briefly worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. She published her first novel, Riders of the Wind, in 1926.

Family life info

She was born Helen Ricker in Burlington, Iowa, and was raised as the daughter of a teacher and the principal of a high school.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Elswyth Thane?
Edith Roosevelt, wife of Theodore Roosevelt, was present at Thane's wedding to natural William Beebe.

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When was Novelist Elswyth Thane born?
Elswyth Thane was born in 16-5-1900, death year is , at the age of 124.
Where is Novelist Elswyth Thane's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Elswyth Thane was born in Iowa, . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Elswyth Thane's global rank is 79770 and whose rank is 926 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1900 is about 76,094,000 persons.
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Events in 1900 and 16-5

Events in US in the birth year of Elswyth Thane

  • Hurricane ravages Galveston, Tex.; 6,000 – 8,000 dead. Background: U.S. Hurricanes
  • Carrie Chapman Catt succeeds Susan B. Anthony as president of National Woman Suffrage Association.

Birthday Elswyth Thane (16-5) in history

  • Day 16-5 year 1770: Marie Antoinette married Louis XVI, who later became king of France.
  • Day 16-5 year 1868: The first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment in the U.S. Senate failed to convict President Andrew Johnson.
  • Day 16-5 year 1929: The first Academy Awards were given on this night. The term, Oscars, was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931.
  • Day 16-5 year 1946: The Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun, opened on Broadway.
  • Day 16-5 year 1975: Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest.
  • Day 16-5 year 1991: Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress.
  • Day 16-5 year 1997: President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire ended 32 years of autocratic rule when rebel forces led by Laurent Kabila expelled him from the country.
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