Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton (; born
Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an
American novelist,
short story writer, playwright, and
designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the
Gilded Age. She was the first woman to win the
Pulitzer Prize for Literature, in 1921. She was inducted into the
National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996.
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