Alice Jane Chandler Webster

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Alice Jane Chandler Webster, better known by her pen name Jean Webster, was an American author and playwright best known for her classic epistolary novel "Daddy-Long-Legs."

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instanceOf human
playwright
almaMater Vassar College
causeOfDeath complications of childbirth
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1876-07-24
dateOfDeath 1916-06-11
educatedAt Vassar College
ethnicGroup European American
father Charles Luther Webster
fieldOfWork literature
gender female
genre children's literature
epistolary novel
young adult fiction
hasPenName Jean Webster
hasWorkAdaptedInto multiple film adaptations of Daddy-Long-Legs
stage musical Daddy-Long-Legs
influencedBy Mark Twain
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainSubject orphans
social reform
women's education
mother Annie Moffett Webster
movement progressive era reform
name Alice Jane Chandler Webster
notableFor epistolary novel Daddy-Long-Legs
notableWork Daddy-Long-Legs
Dear Enemy
Jerry Junior
Just Patty
Much Ado About Peter
The Four Pools Mystery
When Patty Went to College
occupation novelist
playwright
writer
penName Jean Webster
placeOfBirth Fredonia, New York, United States
linked to: Fredonia, New York
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City
relative Charles Dudley Warner
Mark Twain
spouse Glenn Ford McKinney
workLocation New York, United States
linked to: New York
writingStyle humorous fiction
social commentary

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Jean Webster birthName Alice Jane Chandler Webster
Alice Jane Chandler Webster name Alice Jane Chandler Webster
When Patty Went to College authorRealName Alice Jane Chandler Webster