The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

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Wendy Graham

Wendy Graham teaches English at Vassar College. She is the author of Critics, Coteries, and Pre-Raphaelite Celebrity (Columbia, 2017) and Henry James’s Thwarted Love (Stanford, 1999).

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Fannie Hurst

Fannie Hurst was among the most popular and sought-after writers of the post-World War I era. In her heyday, Hurst commanded huge sums from the motion picture magnates who acquired the rights to her works, 29 of which have been made into movies. Back Street (1932, 1941, 1961), Imitation of Life (1934, 1959), and Humoresque (1920, 1946) are the best known.