Helen Rowland
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Helen May Rowland | |
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| Born | 1875 |
| Died | 1950 (aged 74–75) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | newspaper columnist with New York World |
Helen May Rowland (/ˈroʊlənd/; 1875–1950) was an American journalist and humorist. For many years she wrote a newspaper column in the New York World called "Reflections of a Bachelor Girl". Many of her pithy insights from these columns were published in book form, including Reflections of a Bachelor Girl (1909), The Rubáiyát of a Bachelor (1915), and A Guide to Men (1922).
She wrote humorous works about the 700 wives of Solomon, King of Israel, and about the White Woman's Burden in a parody of The White Man's Burden by Rudyard Kipling.
Namesakes
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She is often confused with the vaudevillian and singer Helen Rowland, who was later billed professionally as Helene Daniels. Born as Helen Hannah Rubin (September 28, 1908, Bronx, New York - October 15, 1992, New York), she started in 1927 as a vaudeville performer, opposite Ohio native "Muriel Malone" (born c. 1910/1911 - died April, 1980, Greenville, South Carolina) as a duo "Rubin and Malone", and sang on radio and recordings during the 1930s and early 1940s.[1]
A silent film child actress also had the same name. She was born c.1918/1919 and was often credited as "Baby Helen Rowland" and briefly as "Baby Helen Lee" (during her second film appearance), distinguishing her from both the journalist and the singer.
Books
[edit]- Reflections of a Bachelor (1903)
- A Book of Conversations: The Digressions of Polly (1905)
- The Widow (1908)
- Reflections of a Bachelor Girl (1909)
- The sayings of Mrs. Solomon: Being the confessions of the seven hundredth wife as revealed to Helen Rowland (1913)
- The Rubaiyat of a Bachelor (1915)
- A Guide To Men: Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl (1922) A Guide to Men, Project Gutenberg
- If, A Chant for Wives also The White Woman's Burden (1927)
- This Married Life (1927)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Helen Rubin - Radio Singer" (PDF).
External links
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- Works by Helen Rowland at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Helen Rowland at the Internet Archive
- Works by Helen Rowland at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- List of quotes
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