FIELD, Mrs. Martha R.

Martha R. Field (2).jpg

Dublin Core

Description

Martha Reinhard Smallwood Field, known as "Mattie," was born in Lexington, MO, but she spent most of her life in New Orleans, LA.  "She was the first woman journalist to draw a salary in that city," according to her profile in A Woman of the Century (289)

A journalist, author, and travel writer, Field wrote under the pseudonym "Catharine Cole."   During her career, she contributed to periodicals in New Orleans and San Francisco and edited the New Orleans Times-Democrat

In the introduction to Field's Catharine Cole's Book, Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis noted Mattie's many contributions to New Orleans: "To the influence of her pen and brains, New Orleans owes its Training School for Nurses, it's Woman's Exchange, and its Kindergartens"(8).   Interested in education for all, Mattie also founded a Circulating Library in New Orleans.

Contributor

Coverage

Person Item Type Metadata

Page(s) in WOC

Name in WOC

Pseudonym

Gender

Birth Year

Generation

Birthplace

State or Country of Birth

Nationality

Lived or Visited Abroad

Marital Status

Occupation(s) in WOC

Educational Institution

Publisher

Location (Address, City/Town, State [if USA] or Country)

Death Date