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Sara Mayfield
BornSara Martin Mayfield
(1905-09-10)September 10, 1905
Montgomery, Alabama, US
DiedJanuary 10, 1979(1979-01-10) (aged 73)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US
Occupationauthor, journalist, inventor
Education
GenreBiography
Notable works
  • The Constant Circle: H.L. Menken and His Friends
  • Exiles from Paradise: Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Mona Lisa, the Woman in the Portrait; a Fictional Biography

Sara Mayfield (September 10, 1905 – January 15, 1979) was an American writer, journalist, and inventor.[1] Her writing included plays, novels, short stories, and newspaper articles.[2]

Early life and education

Mayfield spent her early life in Montgomery, Alabama where her childhood acquaintances included Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Sara Haardt.[3]

Mayfield attended

Baltimore, Maryland. While there, she won a short-story prize in 1924, which brought her into contact with the journalist and satirist H. L. Mencken. Menken invited Mayfield to supper at Baltimore's Schellhase Palazzo restaurant. As a chaperone, she took her friend Haardt.[4] After a lengthy courtship, Menken and Haardt married on August 27, 1930, in Baltimore.[5]

Writing

Mayfield penned three book-length works: The Constant Circle: H.L. Mencken and His Friends; Exiles from Paradise: Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald; and Mona Lisa, the Woman in the Portrait: a Fictional Biography in addition to numerous articles for the

Birmingham News
. She worked as an assistant editor at the University of Alabama Press from 1967 to 1969.[6]

Inventions

In 1946, Mayfield experimented with byproducts from cotton productions. She devised a method for combining waste cellulose with water, which caused the material to harden into a durable material with marketable applications. She called the material Plasticast and incorporated a business called Southern Cellulose Corporation to develop the material's potential.[7]

Confinement

Following what she considered erratic behavior, Susie Mayfield, Mayfield's mother, had her daughter taken from their home, Idlewyld, in

Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.[9] Mayfield was released from Bryce on February 25, 1965.[10]

References

  1. ^ Staff writer. "Sara Mayfield, Wrote Biography of Mencken". New York Times. No. Jan. 15, 1979. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "Sara Mayfield papers (MSS.0935)". Guides.lib.ua.edu. University of Alabama. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  3. ISBN 9780817321369
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  4. JSTOR 26482649. Retrieved December 2, 2023. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help
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  5. ISBN 9780817350635
    . Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  6. ^ "MAYFIELD, SARA, 1905-1979". Alabama Authors. The University of Alabama Libraries. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  7. ^ Horne 2024, p. 120.
  8. ^ Horne 2024, p. 123.
  9. ^ Smith, Anne Chesky. "Inside the 1948 Highland Hospital fire that killed Zelda Fitzgerald". Citizen Times. No. December 4, 2022. USA Today Network. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  10. ^ Horne 2024, p. 191.

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