Alice Dougan Donovan
American writer
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Alice Dougan Donovan (August 16, 1880 – March 28, 1971) was an American actress, clubwoman, and writer. She taught writing in Minnesota, and wrote poems and plays.
Alice Dougan Donovan | |
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Alice Dougan (later Donovan), from the 1902 yearbook of the University of Minnesota | |
| Born | August 16, 1880 Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Died | March 28, 1971 (aged 90) Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Occupations | Actress, poet, writer |
| Children | 3, including Hedley Donovan |
Early life
Alice Dougan was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Hedley Vicars Dougan and Mollie Knox Dougan.[1] Her father was from Canada. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1902.[2] She wrote the song "Sisters Let Us Sing Again" for her sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma.[3]
Career
Donovan taught school as a young woman.[4] She appeared in three silent films: The Greater Call (1910), Taming a Tyrant (1911), and A Leap Year Elopement (1912). She taught creative writing classes,[5] and wrote short stories, poems, and plays, many of them for school or community use,[6] including Meeting to Music (a "musical burlesque" set at a women's club) and Rummage to Rhythm (another "musical burlesque", set at a rummage sale).[7] She was active in the Minneapolis College Women's Club[8][9][10] and in the Minnesota branch of the National League of American Pen Women.[11]
Publications
- Meeting to Music (play, 1933, with Henrietta Kessenich)[12]
- Rummage to Rhythm (play, 1934, with Henrietta Kessenich)[13]
- Music at the Crossroads (play, 1935)[14]
- Miss Westfield High (play, 1940)[15]
- Music on the Menu (play, 1941)[16]
- Ring in the New (play, 1941)[17]
- A Sitter for Sonny (play, 1950)[18]