Janet Ayer Fairbank - Citizendia

Janet Ayer Fairbank (June 7, 1878 - December 28, 1951) was an American author and suffragette, socially and politically active in Chicago and a champion of progressive causes. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Suffragette is a term originally coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for the more radical and Militant members of the She attended the University of Chicago and in 1900 married the lawyer Kellogg Fairbank, the son of industrialist N. K. Fairbank. The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Nathaniel Kellogg "NK" Fairbank (1829-1903 was a Chicago industrialist whose company the N They had three children including the operatic singer Janet Fairbank (1903–1947) [1]. Janet Fairbank (1903-1947 was an American operatic singer She was the daughter of writer and suffragette Janet Ayer Fairbank and Kellogg Fairbank the son of industrialist

She was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Illinois in 1924 and 1932[2]. The Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party.

She was the older sister of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Margaret Ayer Barnes. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Margaret Ayer Barnes (b April 8, 1886, Chicago Illinois; d October 25 1967, Cambridge Massachusetts) was an American

Works

Rich Man, Poor Man (1936) (unrelated to the 1970 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw)
The Bright Land (1932)
The Lion's Den (1930)
Idle Hands (1927) (short stories)
The Smiths (1925) (runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize)
The Cortlandts of Washington Square (1923)
Home (1910)

Rich Man Poor Man is a Novel written by Irwin Shawin 1969 It is the last of the novels of Shaw's middle period before he began to concentrate in his Irwin Shaw ( February 27 1913 &ndash May 16 1984) was an American playwright screenwriter and novelist who was also a highly regarded short The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism,

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