Object Details
- Artist
- Lotte Jacobi, 17 Aug 1896 - 6 May 1990
- Sitter
- Fannie Hurst, 19 Oct 1885 - 23 Feb 1968
- Exhibition Label
- Born Hamilton, Ohio
- In bestselling novels such as Lummox (1923), Imitation of Life (1932), and Back Street (1935), writer Fannie Hurst explored the struggles faced by middle-and working-class women. Her poignant stories were so popular that many were made into motion pictures. A staunch advocate for women’s equality, Hurst endorsed a married woman’s right to keep her own name and maintain her independence. She championed the New Deal’s social welfare policies, supported organized labor, and raised money to aid refugees from Nazi Germany. In March 1958, as the host of the television talk show Showcase, Hurst moderated a groundbreaking discussion with expert panelists on the topic of male homosexuality. A second installment of the program was canceled at the last minute when the station deemed the subject “a little premature.” Later that year, Hurst addressed the fifth annual convention of the Mattachine Society—one of the nation’s first gay rights organizations.
- Nacida en Hamilton, Ohio
- En sus populares novelas, tales como Lummox (1923), Imitation of Life (1932) y Back Street (1935), la escritora Fannie Hurst exploró las luchas de las mujeres de clase media y obrera. Sus conmovedores relatos tuvieron tanto éxito que fueron llevados al cine. Ardiente defensora de la igualdad femenina, Hurst defendió el derecho de las mujeres casadas a conservar su apellido y a mantener su indepen-
- dencia. Además, luchó por las políticas de bienestar social del New Deal, apoyó el sindicalismo y recaudó fondos para ayudar a los refugiados que llegaban de la Alemania nazi. En marzo de 1958, como anfitriona del programa televisivo de entrevistas Showcase, Hurst moderó una discusión pionera con un panel de expertos sobre el tema de la homosexualidad. La estación canceló a última hora un segundo programa, estimando que la conversación era “un poco prematura”. Más tarde ese mismo año, Hurst pronunció un mensaje en la quinta convención anual de la Mattachine Society, una de las primeras organizaciones de derechos gays en el país.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1946
- Object number
- NPG.87.149
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Lotte Jacobi Archive/University of New Hampshire
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/Sheet: 25.6 × 20.7 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/8")
- Mat: 55.9 × 40.7 cm (22 × 16")
- Place
- United States\New York\Kings\New York
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior
- Costume\Headgear\Hat
- Nature & Environment\Plant
- Costume\Headgear\Veil
- Personal Attribute\Teeth
- Fannie Hurst: Female
- Fannie Hurst: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist
- Fannie Hurst: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Playwright
- Fannie Hurst: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Screenwriter
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.87.149
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4763529ac-6a4c-432b-883e-61071d46fc09
