Louise E. Francis | |
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 Portrait photo from A Woman of the Century | |
| Born | April 23, 1869 St. Helena, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 22, 1932 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery |
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| Spouse |
Henry T. Spaller (m. 1909) |
Louise E. Francis (after marriage, Louise Francis Spaller; nickname, "Still Water"; 1869–1932) was an American journalist.[1] She served as editor of the California Daily Report and the Castroville Enterprise, as well as special correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Detroit News-Tribune, The Grand Rapids Press, and San Francisco Chronicle. She was a member of the Alabama and California press associations, and recording secretary of the National Editorial Association (now National Newspaper Association) for 1892 and 1893. She was also associated with the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (CLSC). Francis was the first woman editor and owner of a daily newspaper in California.[2][3]
- ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "FRANCIS, Miss Louise E.". 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. p. 299. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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- ^ "Louise E. Francis". The Beatrice Daily Express. 27 June 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 25 May 2024 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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