Emilie Bigelow Hapgood Explained

Emilie Bigelow Hapgood (1868 in Chicago^[1] -February 15, 1930, in Rome)^[2] was a theatrical producer in New York City, and was at one time the president of the Stage Society.^{[3] [4]} She founded the Circle For Negro War Relief in November 1917 during World War I, and led it for some time.^{[3] [4]} She herself was white.^[5] She married Norman Hapgood in 1896; they were divorced in 1915.^[4] Georgia Douglas Johnson wrote a poem titled "TO EMILIE BIGELOW HAPGOOD - PHILANTHROPIST", which Johnson included in Bronze: A Book of Verse, published in 1922.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=HXQKAQAAQBAJ&dq=%22emilie+bigelow+hapgood%22++chicago&pg=PA509 Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Complete and Authoritative Edition
2. https://www.nytimes.com/1930/02/17/archives/emilie-hapgood-dies-of-a-stroke-former-new-york-producer-and.html EMILIE HAPGOOD DIES OF A STROKE; Former New York Producer and Designer Succumbs in Rome, Italy. HAD HEADED STAGE SOCIETY Induced Granville Barker to Bring His Productions Here--Ex-Wife of Norman Hapgood.
3. Book: Theodore Roosevelt. Selected Speeches and Writings of Theodore Roosevelt. 22 April 2014. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 978-0-345-80612-3. 361–.
4. News: February 17, 1930 . Mrs. Emilie Bigelow Hapgood Dies in Rome . Schenectady Gazette . Schenectady, New York. August 13, 2015 .
5. Book: Nikki Brown. Private Politics and Public Voices: Black Women's Activism from World War I to the New Deal. registration. 28 December 2006. Indiana University Press. 0-253-11239-7. 37–.
6. Book: Georgia Douglas Camp Johnson. Bronze: A Book of Verse. 1922. B. J. Brimmer Company. 96–.
7. Book: Maureen Honey. Shadowed Dreams: Women's Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance. 2006. Rutgers University Press. 978-0-8135-3886-0. 69–.