National League of American Pen Women explained

The National League of American Pen Women, Inc. (NLAPW) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization for women.^[1]

History

The first meeting of the League of American Pen Women was organized in 1897 by Marian Longfellow O'Donoghue, a writer for newspapers in Washington D.C. and Boston. Together with Margaret Sullivan Burke and Anna Sanborn Hamilton they established a "progressive press union" for the women writers of Washington."

Seventeen women joined them at first, professional credentials were required for membership and the ladies determined that Pen Women should always be paid for their work. By September 1898, members were over fifty members "from Maine to Texas, from New York to California."

In 1921, with 5,000 members, Mrs. William Atherton du Puy (née Ada Lee Orme^[2] also Mrs. Ada Lee Orme du Puy),^[3] was National President (for two years^[4]) of the League of American Pen Women, and the association became The National League of American Pen Women with thirty-five local branches, in Syracuse, NY, Tampa, Denver,^[5] Minnesota, and various states.

William Atherton du Puy^[6] (1876-1941) was a New York Times reporter,^[7] author,^{[8] [9] [10]} and "press agent" of Ray Lyman Wilbur as United States Secretary of the Interior.^{[11] [12]} and named Hooverball as Boone-ball.^{[13] [14]}

The League's headquarters are located in the historic Pen Arts Building and Art Museum in the DuPont Circle area of Washington.^[15]

Notable members

• Daisy Kessler Biermann
• Amy Ella Blanchard^[16]
• Anne Bozeman Lyon^[17]
• Gail Horton Calmerton^[18]
• Sarah Johnson Cocke^[19]
• Margaret Wootten Collier^[20]
• Edith Daley
• Bernice C. Downing
• Caroline B. Eager
• Alice Henson Ernst^[21]
• Inglis Fletcher
• May Futrelle^[22]
• Gladys Goldstein^[23]
• Jeanette Lawrence
• Nancy A. Leatherwood
• Ada Jordan Pray
• Edith Daggett Rockwood
• Vingie E. Roe
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Geneve L. A. Shaffer
• Lura Eugenie Brown Smith^{[24] [25]}
• Margaret McClure Stitt
• Julia H. Thayer (1847-1944), poet and educator^[26]
• Grace Hyde Trine^{[27] [28]}
• An-Ming Wang
• Elenor Yorke
• Zitkala-Sa

Further reading

• Encyclopedia: Kimber . Marian Wilson . Marian Wilson Kimber . 2024 . . National League of American Pen Women . . Oxford . 10.1093/omo/9781561592630.013.90000382072 . subscription .

Notes and References

1. Book: Gottlieb, Agnes Hooper. Elizabeth V. . Burt. Women's Press Organizations, 1881-1999. https://books.google.com/books?id=wfj4PW607UYC&pg=PA146. 2000. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-30661-7. 146–152. National League of American Pen Women, 1897–Present.
2. • Web site: William Atherton DuPuy 6 January 1876–10 August 1941 • 94S4-DSG . ancestors.FamilySearch.org . 17 August 2023.
   • Web site: Ada Lee Orme . Public Member Stories . Ancestry.com . 17 August 2023.
3. News: LET GIRLS SMOKE, MRS.DUPUY'S PLEA; Penwomen's President Rises in Defense of Young Thing Who 'Parks Corsets' Before Dance. MRS.GLYN WRONG, SHE SAYS Declares Short-Skirt Girl of Today Who Goes to "Petting Parties" Is All She Should Be. (Published 1921) . 16 August 2023 . The New York Times . 15 October 1921 . en.
4. News: Women Writers League has Jubilee . 16 August 2023 . Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests . Fourth Estate Publishing Company . 1922 . en . via Google Books.
5. Web site: Denver Pen Women . Denver Pen Women .org . 16 August 2023 . 21 December 2020.
6. Book: Lawrence . Alberta . Who's who Among North American Authors . 1927 . Golden Syndicate Publishing Company . 17 August 2023 . en.
7. • News: du Puy . William Atherton . INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL WILL REPEL BY ODOR; Government Chemists Have Devised a "Complex Oil Compound" That Will Make the Bootlegger's Task More Difficult -- Believe It Cannot Be Extracted (Published 1926) . 16 August 2023 . The New York Times . 26 September 1926 . en.
   • News: WINTER MAGIC IN SUMMER HAUNTS (Published 1933) . 16 August 2023 . 19 February 1933 . en.
   • News: SCIENCE INVADES THE ATOM'S REALM; LEARNS AMAZING SECRETS (Published 1923) . 16 August 2023 . 21 October 1923 . en.
   • News: FORTUNE AWAITS AN INDIAN GIRL; Washington Bureau Is Searching for Maud Lee Mudd, Who Has Failed to Claim Her Large Income (Published 1926) . 16 August 2023 . 21 November 1926 . en.
8. Book: Du Puy . William Atherton . Uncle Sam's Modern Miracles: His Gigantic Tasks that Benefit Humanity . 1914 . Frederick A. Stokes . en.
9. Book: Du Puy . William Atherton . Money . 1927 . D.C. Heath . en.
10. Web site: Books by DuPuy, William Atherton (sorted by popularity) . . 16 August 2023.
11. Book: Wilbur . Ray Lyman . Ray Lyman Wilbur . Du Puy . William Atherton . Conservation in the Department of the Interior . 1931 . en.
12. Book: Du Puy . William Atherton . Hawaii and Its Race Problem . 1932 . U.S. Government Printing Office: United States Department of the Interior . en.
13. News: THOMAS . ROBERT McG. Jr. . JACOBS . BARRY . Sports World Specials; Hoover's Legacy . 16 August 2023 . 8 August 1988 . en.
14. Web site: Baylor . Kandi . Hooverball gets 4th court, new location and exhibition games . . 16 August 2023 . . July 30, 2008.
15. Web site: The Rise of Pen Women – 1897. 6 September 2017.
16. Mrs. A. E. Blanchard - 10 Jul 1926, Sat • Page 19. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1926. 19. 15 September 2017.
17. Book: Marquis Who's Who Inc . Who was who in American History, Arts and Letters . 1975 . Marquis Who's Who . 978-0-8379-3301-6 . 302 . 24 December 2023.
18. Book: Binheim. Max. Elvin . Charles A. . Women of the West: A Series of Biographical Sketches of Living Eminent Women in the Eleven Western States of the United States of America. 1928. Los Angeles . Publishers Press. August 6, 2017.
19. Book: History of Virginia . 1924 . American historical Society . 508 . 5 . 26 May 2022 . en . Public domain.
20. Book: Georgia. Department of Archives and History . 1926 . Georgia Women of 1926 . Georgia Department of Archives and History . 23 . 25809880 . https://books.google.com/books?id=3V4TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA23 . Collier, Mrs. Margaret Wootten (Mrs. Bryan Wells).
21. News: Eugene Pen Women Fete New Members at Coffee Today at E. R. Pilgrim Home. 1955-02-20. The Eugene Guard. 2017-09-14. 32. Newspapers.com.
22. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=t-vbYtuLdkoC&pg=PA186 . International Copyright Convention. Hearings Before a Subcommittee . Report of May Futrelle, National Chairman of Copyright, National League of American Pen Women . . 186–187 . 1941 . 2021-09-16 . Google Books.
23. News: Mrs. Johnson Heads Penwoman's Group . Baltimore Sun . Baltimore, Maryland . 1948-05-22 . 8 .
24. News: The League of American Pen Women . 30 December 2021 . . . 25 May 1919 . 52 . en.
25. News: An enthusiastic meeting of the League of American Pen Women . 30 December 2021 . . . 11 December 1910 . 112 . en.
26. News: Obituary for Julia H. Thayer II . 1 May 2024 . Chicago Tribune . . 16 January 1944 . 32.
27. Book: Lyons . Louis S. . Wilson . Josephine . Who's who Among the Women of California: An Annual Devoted to the Representative Women of California, with an Authoritative Review of Their Activities in Civic, Social, Athletic, Philanthropic, Art and Music, Literary and Dramatic Circles ... . 1922 . Security Publishing Company . 15, 98, 605 . 5 June 2023 . en.
28. News: Who's Who in World of Women's Clubs . 5 June 2023 . San Francisco Examiner . Newspapers.com . 30 October 1921 . 34 . en.