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Louisa <I>Knapp</I> Curtis

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Louisa Knapp Curtis Famous memorial

Original Name
Knapp
Birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
25 Feb 1910 (aged 58)
Cheltenham, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.0041618, Longitude: -75.1904755
Plot
River Section Lot 31
Memorial ID
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Journalist, Author. The wife of Philadelphia publishing magnate Charles H. K. Curtis, she contributed a column titled "Women At Home" in her husband's magazine Tribune and Farmer. The column became so popular that it spawned a separate magazine in 1883 that became known as the Ladies' Home Journal. From 1883 to 1889, she served as editor of the magazine, read by over a million subscribers at its height.
Journalist, Author. The wife of Philadelphia publishing magnate Charles H. K. Curtis, she contributed a column titled "Women At Home" in her husband's magazine Tribune and Farmer. The column became so popular that it spawned a separate magazine in 1883 that became known as the Ladies' Home Journal. From 1883 to 1889, she served as editor of the magazine, read by over a million subscribers at its height.

Gravesite Details

Louisa was the Editor of the Ladies Home Journal.



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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: GettysBern
  • Added: Jun 13, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14593229/louisa-curtis: accessed ), memorial page for Louisa Knapp Curtis (24 Oct 1851–25 Feb 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14593229, citing Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.