With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Gladys Taber
Education/Curation, Fiction, Journalism/Non-Fiction
1899 – 1980
- Biography/Description of Work
Like many intellectuals in the early twentieth century, Taber came to Southbury in 1934 for the quiet and serenity of country living. Her surroundings at the home she called Stillmeadow inspired her musings for a regular feature with Ladies Home Journal entitled ‘Diary of Domesticity,’ and for a subsequent series of books. An editor and columnist for Ladies Home Journal from 1937 to 1958, she also contributed similar columns and articles to Family Circle, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping. She wrote and published regularly from the mid-1920s through the 1970s. With degrees from Wellesley College and Lawrence University, she in turn taught writing at Columbia University.
- Sources view
- Southbury Land Trust, Gladys Taber Article - New York Times - 1940-3-10, Gladys Taber Article - New York Times - 2001-10-28, Gladys Taber Obituary - New YOrk Times - 1980-3-12, Rachel Carley, CPN Literary Connecticut Nov/Dec 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Taber, http://www.susanbranch.com/gladys-taber-fan-club/, http://gladystaber.wikispaces.com/, http://thecommonroomblog.com/2006/04/gladys-taber-a-stillmeadow-primer.html, http://www.wgbh.org/cainan/article/?item_id=2447897 Cunningham, Jan; Sanford Road National Register Historic District Nomination, No. 93000657, National Park Service, 1993.
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