| 词条 | Margaret Bell Houston |
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| name = Margaret Bell Houston | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1877 | birth_place = Cedar Bayou, Texas | death_date = June 22, 1966 | death_place = St. Petersburg, Florida | nationality = American | other_names = | occupation = Writer and suffragist | years_active = | known_for = Published over 20 novels | notable_works = }}Margaret Bell Houston (also Margaret Bell Houston Kauffman, 1877 – June 22, 1966) was an American writer and suffragist who lived in Texas and New York.[1] Houston published over 20 novels, most of them set in Texas.[1] Houston's work was also published in Good Housekeeping and McCalls in serial format.[1] Early lifeIn 1877, Houston was born in Cedar Bayou, Texas. Houston's grandfather was Sam Houston.[2] Houston began writing at age eight.[3] EducationHouston attended St. Mary's College, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Columbia University.[4] She was first published in the newspapers, the Brenham Banner and the Dallas News.[3] Personal lifeHouston moved to Dallas and was married to a businessman, named Kauffman.{{Sfn|Enstam|2001|p=31}} In 1913, Houston was the first president of the Dallas Equal Suffrage Association (DESA).{{Sfn|Enstam|1998|p=158}} Under her tenure as president of DESA, the group grew to around 200 members.{{Sfn|Enstam|2001|p=31}} She also started writing her first novel, Little Straw Wife (1914), during that time.{{Sfn|Enstam|2001|p=32}} Houston moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in 1953.[4] Cottonwoods Grow Tall (1958), written after her move to Florida received "critical praise as a work of literary merit."{{Sfn|Enstam|1998|p=157}} Kirkus Reviews called it a "femininely accented story."[5] Houston died in St. Petersburg on June 22, 1966.[6] Houston's body was transported back to Dallas, Texas to be buried at Restland Cemetery.[4] Selected publications
References1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/amarillo/amarillo-globe-times/1966/07-15/page-11?tag=margaret+bell+houston&rtserp=tags/?pep=margaret-bell-houston&ndt=by&py=1960&pey=1969|title=Houston Descendant to be Buried Today|last=|first=|date=15 July 1966|work=Amarillo Globe Times|subscription=yes|access-date=15 April 2016|via=Newspaper Archive}} 2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/missouri/moberly/moberly-monitor-index/1931/07-13/page-7?tag=margaret+bell+houston&rtserp=tags/?pep=margaret-bell-houston|title=Sam Houston's Granddaughter Writes Monitor-Index Serial|last=|first=|date=13 July 1931|work=Moberly Monitor Index|subscription=yes|access-date=15 April 2016|via=Newspaper Archive}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/harlingen/harlingen-valley-sunday-star-monitor-herald/1938/10-09/page-5?tag=margaret+bell+houston&rtserp=tags/?pep=margaret-bell-houston|title=Sam Houston's Granddaughter, Noted Poet, Arrives in Valley|last=Glasscock|first=James W.|date=9 October 1938|work=Harlingen Valley Sunday Star Monitor Herald|subscription=yes|access-date=15 April 2016|via=Newspaper Archive}} 4. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fho71|title=Houston, Margaret Bell|last=Bard|first=William E.|date=15 June 2010|website=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=16 April 2016}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/margaret-bell-houston-2/cottonwoods-grow-tall/|title=Cottonwoods Grow Tall|last=|first=|date=25 September 1958|website=Kirkus Reviews|publisher=|access-date=16 April 2016}} 6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/el-paso/el-paso-herald-post/1966/07-15/page-8?tag=margaret+bell+houston&rtserp=tags/?pep=margaret-bell-houston&ndt=by&py=1960&pey=1969|title=Granddaughter of Sam Houston Dies; Rites Set|last=|first=|date=15 July 1966|work=El Paso Herald Post|subscription=yes|access-date=15 April 2016|via=Newspaper Archive}}
11 : Sam Houston|1877 births|1966 deaths|Columbia University alumni|American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni|American women writers|American suffragists|People from St. Petersburg, Florida|People from Dallas|Writers from Florida|Writers from Texas |
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