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Zona Gale was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Background
Zona Gale was born on August 26, 1874 in Portage, Wisconsin, United States, in the family of Charles Franklin and Eliza Beers Gale. Her father introduced her to the writings of Plato, Emerson, Darwin, and Swedenborg, impressing upon her a belief in philosophic idealism. Her mother, a possessive, highly devout woman, shaped Gale’s perception of divinity as an all-pervading feminine life-force.
Education
She attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and later entered the University of Wisconsin, from which she received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1895, and four years later a master's degree.
Career
She published her first novel, Romance Island, in 1906, and began the very popular series of "Friendship Village" stories. In 1920, she published the novel Miss Lulu Bett, which depicts life in the Midwestern United States.
She lobbied extensively for the 1921 Wisconsin Equal Rights Law.
Views
Gale was an active supporter of the La Follettes and progressive causes. She was an active member of the National Women's Party, and she lobbied extensively for the 1921 Wisconsin Equal Rights Law. Her activism on behalf of women was her way to help solve a problem she returned to repeatedly in her novels: women's frustration at their lack of opportunities
Membership
the National Women's Party
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USA
the Lucy Stone League
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USA
1921
the Wisconsin Free Library Commission
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USA
1921 - 1932
the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
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USA
1923 - 1929
Personality
Gale’s mysticism, which grew stronger with the passing of years, was a blend of theosophy and transcendental pantheism, summed up and simplified in her motto: “Life is something more than that which we believe it to be.” This was a recurring motif in her work.
Interests
Politicians
Robert M. La Follettes and Philip La Follette
Connections
In 1928 at the age of fifty-four she married William L. Breese, also of Portage. They adopted a girl named Leslyn.