Abbe Carter Goodloe Explained

Abbe Carter Goodloe
Other Names:A. Carter Goodloe, Carter Goodloe
Birth Name:Abbie Carter Goodloe
Birth Date:January 15, 1867
Birth Place:Versailles, Kentucky
Death Date:October 8, 1960 (aged 93)
Death Place:New York, New York
Occupation:Writer
Notable Works:College Girls (1897)

Abbe (or Abbie) Carter Goodloe (January 15, 1867 – October 8, 1960) was an American writer, sometimes credited as A. Carter Goodloe or Carter Goodloe.[1]

Early life

Abbie Carter was born in Versailles, Kentucky, the daughter of John Kemp Goodloe and Mary Lucretia Goodloe. Her mother was a clubwoman,[2] and her father was a lawyer and a judge.[3] She graduated from Wellesley College in 1898,[4] and wrote the lyrics for two songs in the college songbook ("Mona Lisa" and "Le Pays du Tendre").[5] After college she went to France to improve her French language skills.[6]

Career

Goodloe was a writer who specialized in short stories,[7] [8] many of which were published in Scribner's Magazine.[9] She also did translations for Scribner's. Books by Goodloe included Antinoüs: a tragedy (1891),[10] College Girls (1895, a collection of her stories, illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson),[11] Calvert of Strathore (1903, a novel),[12] At the Foot of the Rockies (1905, more short stories),[13] [14] and The Star-Gazers (1910, a romance set in Mexico).[15] Her style was described as "vivid", and "essentially clever and racy to a delightful degree", in an 1895 review.[16] She also wrote plays. Her story "Claustrophobia" (Scribner's, 1926) won an O. Henry Award in 1927; it was made into a film titled I Live My Life (1935), starring Joan Crawford and Brian Aherne.[17] Later in her career, she sold scenarios for television productions.

During World War I, she hosted fundraising events for war relief causes with the Wellesley Club of Kentucky.[18] [19]

Personal life

Goodloe played golf.[20] She died in 1960, aged 93 years, in New York City. Her stories are still anthologized in collections of American literature.[21]

Notes and References

  1. October 1910. Notes about Books and Authors. The Book Buyer. 35. 147.
  2. News: 1922-09-10. Pioneer Woman of City is Dead. 2. The Courier-Journal. 2021-03-29. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1946-12-24. J. K. Goodloe, 65, Dies at Home; Funeral Today. 8. The Courier-Journal. 2021-03-29. Newspapers.com.
  4. Goodloe. Abbe Carter. May 1898. Undergraduate Life at Wellesley College. Scribner's Magazine. 23. 515–538.
  5. Book: Wellesley Lyrics: Poems Written by Students and Graduates of Wellesley College. 1896. F. Wood Printer. 17, 145. en.
  6. News: Ross. James M.. 1942-05-17. Louisville Writer Takes Stock. 25. The Courier-Journal. 2021-03-29. Newspapers.com.
  7. News: 1910-11-10. Writes Stories About Girls. 6. The Anaconda Standard. 2021-03-28. Newspapers.com.
  8. Giltner, Leigh Gordon. "Kentucky in Recent Literature" Midland Monthly 8(December 1897): 485.
  9. News: 1915-05-31. Honor for Louisville Writer. 8. The Courier-Journal. 2021-03-29. Newspapers.com.
  10. Book: Goodloe, Abbe Carter. Antinoüs: a tragedy. 1891. Printed by J.B. Lippincott Company. Philadelphia.
  11. Book: Goodloe, Abbe Carter. College girls. 1895. C. Scribner's sons. New York.
  12. Book: Goodloe, Abbe Carter. Calvert of Strathore. 1903. Scribner. New York.
  13. Book: Goodloe, Abbe Carter. At the foot of the Rockies. 1905. C. Scribner's sons. New York.
  14. News: 1905-05-20. Still Another Book by a Prominent Louisville Author. 5. The Courier-Journal. 2021-03-28. Newspapers.com.
  15. Book: Goodloe, Abbe Carter. The star-gazers. 1910. C. Scribner's sons. New York.
  16. November 1895. Book Reviews. The Vassar Miscellany. 25. 94. 0822325128.
  17. News: 1935-09-27. Her Story is Filmed. 12. The Courier-Journal. 2021-03-29. Newspapers.com.
  18. News: 1918-08-25. Announcements. 22. The Courier-Journal. 2021-03-29.
  19. News: 1918-09-01. Louisville Authoress. 16. The Courier-Journal. 2021-03-28.
  20. News: 1921-04-06. Ourselves in Black and White. 12. The Courier-Journal. 2021-03-29. Newspapers.com.
  21. Book: Dawson, Melanie. The American 1890s: A Cultural Reader. 2000-07-07. Duke University Press. 978-0-8223-2512-3. 376. en.

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