Louise Boynton
Mary Louise Boynton (1868 – March 3, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher and editor. She was the personal secretary and partner of actress Maude Adams.
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| Born | Mary Louise Boynton 1868 Georgetown, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 3, 1951 Tannersville, New York |
| Occupation(s) | Newspaper publisher, editor |
| Known for | Companion of Maude Adams |
| Relatives | Georgie Boynton Child (sister) |
Early life
Louise Boynton was born in Georgetown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Casimir Whitman Boynton and Eunice Adelia Harriman Boynton.[1] She graduated from Vassar College in 1894.[2][3]
Career
In 1897, Boynton and her sister Georgie[4] bought a New Jersey newspaper, the Perth Amboy Republican,[5] and ran it as a daily newspaper until 1903,[6] with Louise Boynton as editor in chief.[7][8] She was credited as editor of her sister's 1914 book, The Efficient Kitchen,[9] and the sisters co-wrote a book of economical recipes, The Golden Grains (1932).[10]
From 1905, Boynton was closely associated with actress Maude Adams, and was usually described as her personal secretary.[11][12] A 1913 profile of Adams in Good Housekeeping elaborated, calling Boynton "a companion who is consulted on every momentous question of costume or farm produce; who is present at the trial of every stage effect and is the companion of every country drive; a true helpmeet in the small things of life as well as in the large."[13]
Personal life
Boynton and Adams lived and traveled together from 1905 until Boynton's death in 1951,[14] from an apparent heart attack.[15] Their graves are under a shared headstone, on the grounds of the Cenacle Convent in Ronkonkoma, Long Island.[16]
References
- ^ "Perth Amboy". The Central New Jersey Home News. 1937-06-06. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Boynton, Mary Louise (November 1893). "Humps". The Vassar Miscellany. 23: 55.
- ^ Boynton, Mary Louise (December 1892). "Home Life at Vassar". The Homemaker. 9: 248–250.
- ^ "Two Sisters Who Own and Edit a Newspaper". The Kansas Weekly Capital. 1901-07-05. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Run by Women". The Fall River Daily Herald. 1898-01-21. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "With Woman at the Helm". Chillicothe Gazette. 1902-12-11. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Daily Run by Women". Fourth Estate: 10. June 1, 1901.
- ^ "Two Women Conduct a Daily Newspaper". The Philipsburg Mail. 1901-08-02. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Child, Georgie Boynton (1914). The Efficient Kitchen: Definite Directions for the Planning, Arranging and Equipping of the Modern Labor-saving Kitchen. A Practical Book For the Home-maker. McBridge, Nast.
- ^ Boynton, Louise; Child, Georgie Boynton (1932). The Golden Grains. Clark-Sprague Company.
- ^ Wolf, Rennold (August 1912). "Maude Adams, the Lonesomest Woman on the Stage". The Green Book Magazine. 8: 214.
- ^ Patterson, Ada (1907). Maude Adams: A Biography. Meyer bros. & Company. p. 73. ISBN 9780795003318.
- ^ Dean, Frederic (May 1913). "Maude Adams". Good Housekeeping Magazine. 56: 606.
- ^ "Memories of Maude". The Central New Jersey Home News. 2004-07-08. p. 105. Retrieved 2020-06-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fields, Armond (2004-07-08). Maude Adams: Idol of American Theater, 1872-1953. McFarland. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-7864-1927-2.
- ^ McDonald, Joel (2019-02-07). "Maude Adams: Mormon, Lesbian and the Broadway's First Peter Pan". Affirmation: LGBTQ Mormons, Families & Friends. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
External links
- Louise Boynton at Find a Grave