Neith boyce autobiography examples

Boyce, Neith Boyce, Neith (21 Mar. 1872–2 Dec. 1951) Carol DeBoer-Langworthy https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.013.16502 Published online: 25 March 2021 The Cigarette, Neith Boyce, between ca.

1890 and 1930, by Frances Benjamin Johnston Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA [LC-USZ62-85579] Boyce, Neith (21 Mar. 1872–2 Dec. 1951), novelist and playwright, was born in Franklin, Indiana as the second but first legitimate child together of Civil War veteran Henry Harrison Boyce and Mary Ella Smith—both teachers.

Neith boyce autobiography examples

Scandal about her parents’ relationship soon forced them to leave teaching and enter a peregrinating life. Family life was tragically affected by the 1880 diphtheria epidemic that killed all four of Neith’s siblings within a week.

Neith Boyce was largely self-educated. After her family moved to Los Angeles and during her teenage years, she entered the city’s bohemi