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American journalist and writer
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
1871
Death:
1967
Education:
Wellesley College
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Biography
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Florence Converse (1871–1967) was an American author.
Biography
Florence Converse was born in New Orleans in 1871.
She graduated from Wellesley College in 1893 and was a member of the editorial staff of The Churchman from 1900 to 1908, when she joined the staff of the Atlantic Monthly. Converse wrote several novels. These included Long Will, a novel about the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
She was in a lesbian relationship with Vida Dutton Scudder and they are buried alongside each other at Newton Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts.