τPARA ▀PAR@ ` GTEXT ` 9Jordan, Elizabeth Garver1865╨1947journalist and novelistBorn in Milwaukee on May 9, 1865, Elizabeth Jordan graduated from high school in 1884, and after a course at a business school she was appointed editor of the woman╒s page of Peck╒s Sun (published by George W. Peck, author of Peck╒s Bad Boy). Later she worked as a secretary and contributed to the St. Paul Globe and the Chicago Tribune. In 1890 she went to New York City and got a job on Joseph Pulitzer╒s World. Her exclusive interview with the First Lady, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, at the Harrisons╒ vacation house at Cape May, New Jersey, won her the status of full-fledged reporter. Her particular knack for interviewing led to a series of Sunday features called ╥True Stories of the News,╙ human-interest stories that took her to hospitals, jails, slums, asylums, and other scenes of human tragedy or comedy. Among the sensational stories she covered were the Helen Potts murder and the Lizzie Borden trial. In the meantime Jordan also began writing short stories, many of them based on her own unique fund of experiences, and in 1895 published a successful collection of them as Tales of the City Room. In 1897 she was named assistant Sunday editor of the World. In 1900 she succeeded Margaret Sangster as editor of Harper╒s Bazar, a post she held for 13 years. During that time she produced a number of novels and collections of stories under such titles as Tales of the Cloister, 1901, Tales of Destiny, 1902, May Iverson, Her Book, the first of a series featuring that popular heroine, 1904, Many Kingdoms, 1908, and May Iverson Tackles Life, 1913. Her play The Lady from Oklahoma had a brief Broadway run in April 1913. From 1913, when Harper╒s Bazar was taken over by William Randolph Hearst, to 1918 Jordan was a literary advisor for Harper & Brothers, to whom she brought such authors as Zona Gale, Eleanor H. Porter, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and Sinclair Lewis. In 1915 she collaborated on The Story of a Pioneer, Anna Howard Shaw╒s autobiography, and she also organized The Whole Family, an innovative novel to which such authors as William James, William Dean Howells, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, and Henry Van Dyke contributed a chapter each. After a brief stint in 1918 as editorial director for Goldwyn Pictures she turned to writing. Jordan╒s own later books included Lovers╒ Knots, 1916, Wings of Youth, 1917, The Girl in the Mirror, 1919, The Blue Circle, 1920, Red Riding Hood, 1924, Black Butterflies, 1926, Miss Nobody from Nowhere, 1927, The Devil and the Deep Sea, 1928, The Night Club Mystery, 1929, The Fourflusher, 1930, Playboy, 1931, Young Mr. X, 1932, Daddy and I, 1934, The Life of the Party, 1935, The Trap, 1936, First Port of Call, 1940, Faraway Island, 1941, Herself, 1943, Miss Warren╒s Son, 1944, and The Real Ruth Arnold, 1945. Her autobiographical Three Rousing Cheers appeared in 1938. From 1922 to 1945 she was a regular drama critic for the Catholic weekly America. She was also an ardent supporter of the woman suffrage movement and a noted hostess. She died in New York City on February 24, 1947. styl ` f ! ¬ 5¬ # 5¬ < !I δ !I ⌡ !I !I , !I g !I u !I ~ !I ì !I ╒ !I ┌ !I ╝ !I ▐ ╔ !I ╙ 5¬ ╘ !I Ç !I û !I ╬ !I ╙ !I ∞ !I ▐ ² !I !I !I ¢ !I ░ !I ╕ !I ╚ !I ╨ !I σ !I # !I 0 !I < !I T !I f !I | !I º 5¬ ¿ !I ╕ !I ╞ !I S !I ▐ \ !I ^ !I ▐ o !I q !I ▐ ê !I ╗ !I ╤ !I ╙ !I ▐ π !I !I !I p !I ▐ î !I 5¬ !I A !I N !I V !I d !I l !I é !I è !I Ö !I í !I ░ !I ╕ !I ╔ !I ╤ !I Θ !I ± !I
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