Annie L. Y. Orff

Annie L. Y. Orff
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"A Woman of the Century"
Born
Annie Laurie Yuill Johnstone

1861
Albany, New York
DiedMarch 16, 1914
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Other namesAnnie L. Y. Swart
Occupations
  • journalist
  • magazine editor and publisher
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Annie L. Y. Orff (née, Annie L. Y. Johnstone; after first marriage, Annie L. Y. Swart; after second marriage, Anne L. Y. Orff; d. March 16, 1914) was an American journalist, and a magazine editor and publisher,[1] gaining success through her persistent efforts.[2] At one time, Orff had the distinction of being the only "quarter-of-a-century" woman publisher.[3] According to Herringshaw (1901), she was at one time the leading successful female publisher in the U.S.[4]

  1. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "ORFF, Mrs. Annie L. Y.". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. pp. 548–49. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference StLouisPD1914 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Johnson, Anne (André) Johnson ("Mrs Charles P.) (1914). "MRS. ANNIE LAURIE Y. ORFF". Notable Women of St. Louis, 1914. Woodward. pp. 170–73. Retrieved 6 July 2023 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1901). Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century: Accurate and Succinct Biographies of Famous Men and Women in All Walks of Life who are Or Have Been the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States Since Its Formation. American publishers' association. Retrieved 8 July 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.