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Ethel Watts Mumford
Ethel Watts Mumford (1876 or 78? - 1940) was a U.S. • The Entirely New Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom for
author, a New Yorker. "Mumford" came from her first 1905 (1904)
husband George D Mumford, a lawyer [1] (married • The Complete Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1906
1894-1901). (1905)
After her first husband grew intolerant of her prolific • The Altogether New Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom
writing and art career, she fled to San Francisco in 1899 for 1907 (1906)
with their only child, a son. She sued for divorce on • The Quite New Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom for
grounds of desertion. After the divorce was granted in 1908 (1907)
1901, she returned to New York, vowing never to remarry • The Perfectly Good Cynic’s Calendar (1908)
unless her husband accepted her career. On 4 Jun 1906 • The Complete Cynic (1910)
she married [2] Peter Geddes Grant of Grantown, Mo- • The Revived Cynic’s Calendar (1917)
rayshire, Scotland.
The daughter of a wealthy businessman, she was giv-
en a fine education, topped by her study of painting at
References
the Julian Academy of Paris. She traveled extensively in [1] New York Times, 5 Jun 1906
Europe, the Far East, and North America, experience that [2] New York Times, 5 Jun 1906
is well-reflected in her work. [3] Addison Mizner. The Many Mizners. Chicago: Sears,
Most of her early published works were written in 1932. p. 186.
San Francisco including her first novel, Dupes. She was [4] The New York Times. January 10, 1903
a heavy producer of plays, vaudeville sketches, novels, • Ethel Watts Mumford Papers (1900-1934) - The New
short stories, joke collections, songs, poems, and articles. York Public Library
She also painted and illustrated books. In the teen-years,
after studying dramatic technique by reading 2,000 man-
uscripts, she turned to playwriting. Her farces were pro-
External links
duced on New York and London stages. After her 1906 • Works by Ethel Watts Mumford at Project Gutenberg
marriage she wrote for a time under the name "Ethel • Works by or about Ethel Watts Mumford in libraries
Watts Mumford Grant," adding her second husband’s (WorldCat catalog)
name, but eventually reverted to "Ethel Watts Mumford" Persondata
as a byline. Name Mumford, Ethel
Famous quotes
Alternative names
She said, "God gave us our relatives; thank God we
can choose our friends." Short description
She said, "Knowledge is power, if you know it about Date of birth 1878
the right person." Place of birth
• Dupes (1901)
• Whitewash (1903) Date of death 1940
• Out of the Ashes (1913 - ISBN 1-4142-4999-3) Place of death
• Sick-a-bed: A farcical comedy in three acts (1919)(*made
into a 1920 silent film Sick Abed)
• All in the Night’s Work (1924)
• Hand-reading today: A new angle of an ancient science
(1925)
With Addison Mizner and Oliver Herford
• The Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1903
(1902).[3][4]
• The Limerick Up to Date Book (1903)
• The Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1904 (1903)
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