Isabel Mallon
Isabel Allerdice Mallon (July 13, 1857 – December 27, 1898) was an American writer, best known for columns written in the 1890s as "Ruth Ashmore" for the Ladies' Home Journal, and her syndicated newspaper column as "Bab's Babble".[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Mallon, as Isabel Sloan, was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1857. When her husband William Mallon became ill (and later died), she pursued journalism for income, starting by writing about fashion.[5] She started the "Bab's Babble" gossip column for newspaper syndication, starting with the New York Star, in 1888.[6]
The "Ruth Ashmore" column was conceived of by
The Ruth Ashmore advice book Side Talks With Girls was published in 1895,[8] and The Business Girl was published in 1898.
Mallon died from pneumonia in New York City on December 27, 1898. Although Bok recalled in his autobiography that Mallon wrote as Ashmore for 16 years, it appears to have been closer to nine.
References
- ^ (28 December 1898). "Ruth Ashmore" Dead: A Well-Known Writer Succumbs to Pneumonia, Following Grip, The New York Times
- ^ (27 December 1898). Isabel Mallon Dead, Pittsburgh Press
- The Vindicator
- ^ Who "Miss Ruth Ashmore" Is, Munsey's Magazine, Vol. XIV, No. 5 (February 1896), p. 633
- ^ The New standard encyclopedia, Volume 7 (1907)
- ^ (31 December 1898). Obituary Notes, Publishers Weekly, p. 1180
- ^ Bok, Edward W. The Americanization of Edward Bok, p. 169-72 (1922)
- ^ (21 September 1895). To Help The Average Young Girl (book review), The New York Times
External links
- Side Talks With Girls (1895)(full version online via Google Books)
- The Business Girl (1898)(full version online via Google Books)