Kathryn Rucker de Quelin
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Kathryn Rucker de Quelin | |
|---|---|
 Kathryn May Rucker, from a 1911 publication | |
| Born | May 21, 1877 Somerset, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | September 22, 1970 (aged 93) New York City, U.S. |
| Other names | Kathryn May Rucker, Katherine de Quelin, Catherine Dequelin |
| Occupation(s) | Editor, journalist, educator |
| Known for | Co-founder of Japan Magazine (1910) |
Kathryn May Rucker de Quelin (May 21, 1877 – September 22, 1970) was an American editor, journalist, and educator. She was co-founder and editor of Japan Magazine in 1910, and wrote many articles on art for the Columbia Encyclopedia in the 1930s.
Rucker was from Somerset, Kentucky, the daughter of Joseph Barnett Rucker and Annie E. Hamilton Rucker. Her father was a Confederate States Army veteran, a temperance activist and a newspaper editor. Her father was murdered in 1892.[1] She moved to Los Angeles as a young woman, and became interested in art.[2]
Career
Rucker wrote art reviews for the Los Angeles Herald in 1908 and 1909.[3][4][5][6] She taught stencilling at the YWCA, and organized a 1908 exhibit of stenciled fabrics in Los Angeles.[7][8]
Rucker moved to Japan to teach English in Kyoto, and study art. She became editor of Japan Magazine when it launched and was based in Tokyo as the main editor from 1910 to 1912.[2][9] In 1911 she was elected a member of the Asiatic Society of Japan.[10]
She returned to the United States in 1913, married an artist, and moved to New York City. She spoke to the Women's Press Club of Pittsburgh in 1916, about the difficulties of proofreading an English-language magazine in Japan.[11] She continued writing about art topics. She contributed many articles to the Columbia Encyclopedia in the 1930s.[12]