Daphne Alloway McVicker explained

Daphne Alloway McVicker
Birth Name:Daphne Ninnette Alloway
Birth Date:March 14, 1895
Birth Place:Cambridge, Ohio
Death Date:May 24, 1979
Death Place:New York City
Occupation:Writer
Children:3, including Blythe McVicker Clinchy

Daphne Alloway McVicker (March 14, 1895 – May 24, 1979) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, and a comic memoir, The Queen Was in the Kitchen (1944).

Early life and education

Daphne Ninnette Alloway was born in Cambridge, Ohio, the daughter of James William Alloway and Ninnette McKinley Alloway. Her father was a grocer. She graduated from Ohio State University in 1916.[1]

Career

McVicker published hundreds of poems and short stories in magazines and newspapers.[2] She was especially successful in romance magazines, "both confessions and slicks",[3] with titles including Romantic Love Secrets, Sweetheart Stories, Ainslee's Smart Love Stories.[4] She also had stories published in more mainstream women's magazines, such as Cosmopolitan and McCall's.[5] Some of her stories were anthologized in story collections and school readers.[6]

McVicker was a member of Theta Sigma Phi, and spoke at their annual banquet in 1930.[7] In 1940 she won the Headliner Award from Theta Sigma Phi's successor organization, the Association for Women in Communications.[8]

The New York Times praised McVicker's 1944 comic memoir, The Queen Was in the Kitchen, with the reviewer saying "Domestic harassments are among the most unbecoming of woes, but on Mrs. McVicker they wear well."[9] Her story "I Weep for You" (Cosmopolitan, June 1945) is a campus romance involving a disabled veteran of World War II.[10]

Publications

Personal life

Alloway married journalist Vinton E. McVicker in 1916.[21] [22] They had three children, Laurel, James, and Blythe.[23] Her son died in 1970,[24] and she died in 1979, at the age of 84, in New York City.[25] Blythe McVicker Clinchy became a psychology researcher and chair of the psychology department at Wellesley College.[26]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Neely . Ruth . Women of Ohio; a record of their achievements in the history of the state; . Ohio Newspaper Women's Association . 1900 . [Springfield, Ill.] S. J. Clarke Publishing Company . Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center . 792.
  2. March 1924 . Alumna Successful Writer . Ohio State University Monthly . 15 . 6 . 31.
  3. Stewart . Elizabeth Grey . December 1944 . I've Scattered my Fire . Writer's Digest . 25 . 22 . Internet Archive.
  4. Web site: Index by Name . 2023-08-28 . The FictionMags Index . 5974.
  5. McVicker . Daphne Alloway . March 1947 . Don't Rush Me, Baby . McCall's . 74 . 6 . 24–25, 91.
  6. Book: Gray, William S. (William Scott) . Basic Readers - Curriculum Foundation Series: Friends and Neighbours . 1940 . Gage : Toronto . University of Alberta Libraries . English.
  7. News: 1930-01-14 . Honor Guests . 4 . The Indianapolis Star . 2023-08-28 . Newspapers.com.
  8. Web site: 2022-02-27 . Headliner Award - The Association for Women in Communications . 2023-08-28 . en-US.
  9. News: Cobb . Jane . 1944-03-19 . Domestic Doldrums; The Queen Was in the Kitchen. en-US . The New York Times . 2023-08-28 . 0362-4331.
  10. News: 1945-06-08 . Cosmopolitan (advertisement) . 2 . The Spokesman-Review . 2023-08-28.
  11. McVicker . Daphne Alloway . November 1922 . The Giving Half of the Word . The American Girl . 6 . 4 . 13–14, 35.
  12. Book: Cook, Frances Kerr . Red and gold stories / . 1927 . Chicago : Albert Whitman . The Library of Congress . 9–14, 97–102.
  13. News: McVicker . Daphne Alloway . 1935-06-07 . According to the Canary . 29 . The Evening Sun . 2023-08-28 . Newspapers.com.
  14. News: McVicker . Daphne Alloway . 1935-10-28 . Chronicle Daily Short Story: Monthly Bill . 12 . Spokane Chronicle . 2023-08-28 . Newspapers.com.
  15. News: McVicker . Daphne Alloway . 1935-09-30 . Item's Daily Short Story: Baked in a Pie . 10 . The Daily Item . 2023-08-28 . Newspapers.com.
  16. News: 1936-07-28 . Today's Short Short Story: Tourists Accommodated . 4 . The Oklahoma News . 2023-08-28 . Newspapers.com.
  17. Book: McVicker, Daphne Alloway . The Queen was in the Kitchen . 1944 . Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill . en.
  18. McVicker . Daphne Alloway . November 1944 . Little Cocktail . Cosmopolitan . 117 . 5 . 37, 105 . Internet Archive.
  19. McVicker . Daphne Alloway . April 1945 . High Heels . Cosmopolitan . 118 . 4 . 29, 122 . Internet Archive.
  20. June 1946 . Love is Gorgeous, I Guess . Cosmopolitan . 120 . 6 . 31–33, 168 . Internet Archive.
  21. July 1916 . Weddings . The Ohio State University Monthly . 8 . 1 . 37.
  22. News: 1916-06-05 . Engagement Announced . 5 . Chillicothe Gazette . 2023-08-28 . Newspapers.com.
  23. News: 1943-07-03 . Amelia Hydell's Column . 5 . Chillicothe Gazette . 2023-08-28 . Newspapers.com.
  24. News: 1970-09-14 . McVicker . 38 . The Miami Herald . 2023-08-28 . Newspapers.com.
  25. News: May 27, 1979 . Daphne McVicker . en . The New York Times . 2023-08-28.
  26. Web site: Fall 2014 . In Memoriam: Blythe McVicker Clinchy . 2023-08-28 . Wellesley Magazine.

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