Becoming Elizabeth Lawrence

by Wilson, Emily Herring

• ISBN13: 9780895873750
• ISBN10: 0895873753
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-30
• Publisher: Blair

Summary

In 1927, Anne Preston Bridgers was the pride of her hometown in Raleigh, NC. The play, Coquette, which she co-wrote with George Abbott, was the toast of Broadway with Helen Hayes as its star. It was during this time that Elizabeth Lawrence and her family lived across the street from Anne's mother on Hillsborough Street. Elizabeth was a recent graduate of Barnard College who would go on to become the first female graduate in the landscape design program at North Carolina State University. Elizabeth and Anne struck up a friendship. Through the correspondence between these two accomplished women, one glimpses what life in a Southern town was like for upper class women during the 1930s and 40s. The women discuss books, plays, travels, ideas, and of course, the garden.

Table of Contents

Cast of Characters	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
1934-1941	p. 11
A Life of One's Own: ôThere is nothing like the revelation of a reticent person once started.ö Elizabeth to Ann
1941-1948	p. 143
A Book of One's Own: ôOne thing about the war suits me perfectly. Staying at home.ö Elizabeth to Ann
1951-1966	p. 275
A House of Ones Own: The Charlotte Years: ôI found to my delight that a house is a companion.ö Elizabeth to Ann
Epilogue	p. 297
ôI want you to know how much I have loved life and how necessary it was just the way I played it.ö Elizabeth to her family
Editor's Note	p. 303
Index	p. 307
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