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Glenna Smith Tinnin : ウィキペディア英語版 | Glenna Smith Tinnin
Glenna Smith Tinnin (February 27, 1877 – March 24, 1945) was the first chairman of the District of Columbia Equal Franchise League. The Equal Franchise League was founded in 1914 as The Woman Suffrage Council. Early in her career Tinnin was an instructor in oratory at various institutes in the upper Midwest.〔''Who's Who in the Lyceum'', A. Augustus Wright, Pearson Brothers, Philadelphia, 1907, p. 172, entry "Glenna Smith Tinnin"〕 She was a theater director and playwright, and served as chairman of the pageant committee of the American Federation of Arts. She wrote several plays for children (with Katharine S. Brown) including ''One Night in Bethlehem: A Play of the Nativity'' (1925) and ''Arthur Wins the Sword'' (1928)〔(Playbill for Tinnin/Brown plays; note that copyright records show both as registered authors of the Arthur play, not just Brown. )〕 In December 1931 Tinnin and Brown staged a production of Paul Kester's Tom Sawyer on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre, which closed after 6 performances.〔(Playbillvault.com page for ''Tom Sawyer'' )〕 ==Biography== She was born in Illinois on February 27, 1877. In 1897 she graduated from the Columbia School of Oratory in Chicago.〔Columbia College of Expression, ''Announcements 1922-3'', June 1922〕 By 1905 she was married to David Solomon Tinnin (1878-1918)〔(Cemetery listing for D. S. Tinnin; see photo of gravestone )〕 of North Carolina; in 1910 they were living in Washington, DC.〔Glenna and Davis S. Tinnin in the 1910 US Census〕 She died on March 24, 1945 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
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