Waberski-Glaspell



=Susan Glaspell= =1876-1948= **Works:** Wrote over 50 short stories, nine novels, eleven plays, and one biogaphy. The most famous include: Biography: **
 * //The Glory of the Conquered -// First Novel
 * Trifles - most well known play, what she is most known for
 * //A Jury of Her Peers -// re-write of //Trifles// as a short story
 * //Allisons House// - A play awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1931
 * //The Morning is Near Us -// A novel that was awarded Literary Guild Book of the Month in April 1940
 * //Brook Evans -// a novel on the best seller and was made into a movie
 * //Fugitive's Return-// considered her greatest novel
 * After graduationg form college she wrote for the Des Monies Daily News where she reported on a case where a women was accused of killing her husband. This influenced //Triffles// and //Jury of Her Peers//.
 * Married Cram Cook in 1914 who was as radical as she was. He pushed into beginning to write plays.
 * 1915 Started the Provincetown Players - a company too "experimental" for broadway because the players were looking for different techniques and methods to present their plays. This group was also looking for reform and equality in America so their plays content tended to focus on lack these things.
 * In 1931, Glaspell won the Pulitzer Prize for her play //Alison’s House//.
 * Moved to Greece for a few years tired of the Provincetown Players. While there she fell in love with their lifestyle. Inspired her to write //Fugitive's Return.//
 * Did not fully recieve praise for her work until after her death during the feminist movement in the 1960's. She is classified as a feminist writer because her work focused on the inequality of women that was being protested at the time


 * Period:** 20th century
 * Facts:**
 * Wrote fictious plays, short stories, and novels
 * Wrote about inequality of women and their lack of ability to relay on themselves
 * Associated with Flyde Bell, Jack Reed, and Gearge Gig Cook, who were also members of the Provincetown Players as well

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