
Mary Edwards Bryan
The publication of Manch in 1880 marked the beginning of Mary Edwards Bryan''s rise to prominence as one of nineteenth-century America''s best-known writers of mass-market fiction. At a time when women were discouraged from having jobs of their own, she made a name for herself as a thoughtful--and well-paid--editor. Despite her cultivated image as editor of Fashion Bazar and Sunny South, Bryan''s ...
The publication of Manch in 1880 marked the beginning of Mary Edwards Bryan''s rise to prominence as one of nineteenth-century America''s best-known writers of mass-market fiction. At a time when women were discouraged from having jobs of their own, she made a name for herself as a thoughtful--and well-paid--editor. Despite her cultivated image as editor of Fashion Bazar and Sunny South, Bryan''s ...