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Louisa Woodworth Sanborn Foss (April 19, 1841 in Thetford, Vermont[1] – September 22, 1892 in Malden, Massachusetts[2]) was regarded as the best American elocutionist in her day. Compared to Charlotte Cushman, Foss was counted among the first woman elocutionists in the world.
Biography
Louisa Sanborn was a native of Thetford, Vermont. She was educated at Thetford Academy, Vermont.[3]
She became a teacher and subsequently married Eliphalet J. Foss, the Boston photographer. After a few years of home life, she adopted the profession of an elocutionist, studying with Richard Reeve Baxter of Harvard College. Her local reputation as a reader was long known to the literary circles of Boston,[4] where she was affiliated with the Boston Academy of Elocution and Dramatic Arts.[5] By 1883, she had been before the public for five successive seasons, her engagements extending through the principal cities of twenty-two States,[3] and extending from the east coast to the west.[6]
References
- ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954". FamilySearch. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915". FamilySearch. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- 1 2 Hanaford 1883, pp. 562–70.
- ↑ Kofoid 1887, p. 27.
- ↑ Richards 1878, p. 11.
- ↑ Tooker 1873, pp. 206–07.
Bibliography
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Hanaford, Phebe Ann (1883). Daughters of America; Or, Women of the Century (Public domain ed.). B. B. Russell.- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Kofoid (1887). Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection. Vol. 3160 (Public domain ed.). Kofoid.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Richards, J. H. (1878). The Nation. Vol. 27 (Public domain ed.). J. H. Richards.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Tooker, T. D. (1873). Folio. Vol. 8–11 (Public domain ed.). White, Smith.
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