Born: 19 June 1856, United States
Died: 22 January 1933
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Elizabeth Marbury
From Famous Women: An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women. Written by Joseph Adelman, published 1926 by Ellis M Lonow Company:
American author’s representative and theatrical manager. She has been interested in many literary and dramatic activities, and was twice decorated by the French Government for services rendered to French authors. In recent years she attained prominence in New York as a producer of plays and musical comedies. When the European War broke out Miss Marbury by her energy and influence gave valuable aid to the Allied cause, and was made honorary president of the Women’s National Committee of the American Defense Society. In 1919 she was decorated by the Belgian Government with the medal of Queen Elizabeth “in recognition of services she has rendered to Belgium since 1914.”
IW note: Marbury also lived for more than 20 years in a lesbian relationship with socialite and interior decorator Elsie De Wolfe.