Emma Ghent Curtis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Emma Ghent Curtis

American novelist, poet, newspaper publisher, populist, and suffragist

Date of Birth: 18-May-1860

Place of Birth: Frankfort, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 09-Feb-1918

Profession: writer, politician, publisher, suffragist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Emma Ghent Curtis

  • Emma Ghent Curtis (May 18, 1860 – February 9, 1918) was an American novelist, poet, newspaper publisher, Populist, and suffragist.
  • Curtis published two Western novels in the late 1880s.
  • The second of these, The Administratrix, is the first cowboy novel outside of the dime novel tradition, preceding Owen Wister's The Virginian by more than a decade.
  • Curtis was instrumental in making women's suffrage part of the Populist platform.

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