Background
Beatrice was born in Rochester, New York, United States of America in 1895.
Beatrice was born in Rochester, New York, United States of America in 1895.
She was admitted to Wellesley College in 1913 but transferred to University of Rochester, continuing her studies in 1914 and 1915. Editing Beatrice started her career in 1918 as the assistant of the press agent for the Talmage sisters. (Natalie Talmadge, Constance Talmadge and Norma Talmadge) In 1920 she became the head of the editorial department at publishing company Boni & Liveright where she solicited and edited works by authors such as Thomas Stearns Eliot, Djuna Barnes, William Faulkner, e.e. cummings, John Steinbeck, George South. Kaufman, and Eugene O’Neill.
Beatrice Kaufman died in her Park Avenue home on October 6, 1945 after "a brief period of illness".
“I’ve been rich, and I’ve been poor. Rich is better.” This quote is often attributed to Sophie Tucker although there is no record of her using lieutenant