Louise Woodworth Foss

Louisa Woodworth Sanborn Foss (April 19, 1841 in Thetford, Vermont[1] – September 22, 1892 in Malden, Massachusetts[2]) was regarded as the best American elocutionist in her day. Compared to Charlotte Cushman, Foss was counted among the first woman elocutionists in the world.

Louise Woodworth Foss (1873)
Louise Woodworth Foss (1883)

Biography

Louisa Sanborn was a native of Thetford, Vermont. She was educated at Thetford Academy, Vermont.[3]

She became a teacher and subsequently married Eliphalet J. Foss, the Boston photographer. After a few years of home life, she adopted the profession of an elocutionist, studying with Richard Reeve Baxter of Harvard College. Her local reputation as a reader was long known to the literary circles of Boston,[4] where she was affiliated with the Boston Academy of Elocution and Dramatic Arts.[5] By 1883, she had been before the public for five successive seasons, her engagements extending through the principal cities of twenty-two States,[3] and extending from the east coast to the west.[6]

References
  1. "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954". FamilySearch. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915". FamilySearch. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. Hanaford 1883, pp. 562-70.
  4. Kofoid 1887, p. 27.
  5. Richards 1878, p. 11.
  6. Tooker 1873, pp. 206-07.

Bibliography
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Hanaford, Phebe Ann (1883). Daughters of America; Or, Women of the Century (Public domain ed.). B. B. Russell.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Kofoid (1887). Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection. 3160 (Public domain ed.). Kofoid.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Richards, J. H. (1878). The Nation. 27 (Public domain ed.). J. H. Richards.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Tooker, T. D. (1873). Folio. 8–11 (Public domain ed.). White, Smith.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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