Cook, Fannie Frank, 1893-1949
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1893-1949
- Existence: 1893 - 1949
Biography
Fannie Frank, daughter of Julius and Jennie Frank, was born October 4, 1893, in St. Charles, Missouri. Her family moved to St. Louis when Mr. Frank became connected with the Rice-Stix Dry Goods Company of St. Louis, in 1898. She graduated from Soldan High School (1911), the University of Missouri (1914), and received her master's degree from Washington University in 1916. She married Dr. Jerome Cook, director of medicine and chief of staff at Jewish Hospital; they had two sons. Fannie Cook was a versatile writer who was actively interested in problems of contemporary society and whose literary works of fiction and nonfiction were often based on her political and social attitudes. She died August 25, 1949, following a heart attack.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Fannie Frank Cook Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0322
Abstract
The Papers of Fannie Cook (1893-1949), St. Louis writer, lecturer and civic leader, include personal and professional correspondence, literary productions, printed material and scrapbooks of clippings and memorabilia reflect her life-long interest in the common ground of literature and social problems. Believing literature could be a great molder of public opinion, Fannie Cook wrote novels, short stories, essays and poetry, a significant portion of which portrayed a strong social conscience....
Dates:
1874-1949