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Fannie Hurst and Faith Baldwin Signatures

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:12.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 75.00 USD
Fannie Hurst and Faith Baldwin Signatures
<B> Fannie Hurst and Faith Baldwin Signatures,</B></I> on cards mounted on stiff card stock with brief biographical information. <B>Fannie Hurst</B></I> (1889-1968) was an American novelist. Some of her more famous novels were <I>Back Street, Stardust, Lummox, A President is Born,</B></I> and <I>Imitation of Life.</B></I> Hurst was among the first to join the Lucy Stone League, an organization that fought for women to preserve their maiden names. She was active in the Urban League, and was appointed to the National Advisory Committee to the Works Progress Administration in 1940. She was also a delegate to the World Health Organization in 1952; and <B>Faith Baldwin</B></I> (1893-1978) was a very successful U.S. author of romance and fiction, publishing some 100 novels, often concentrating on women juggling career and family. <I>The New York Times</B></I> said that her books had "never a pretense at literary significance" and were popular because they "enabled lonely working people, young and old, to identify with her glamorous and wealthy characters." <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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