Jordan, Elizabeth Garver (1865-1947)

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Chicago Daily Tribune

Jane Addams to Elizabeth Garver Jordan, May 20, 1907

Elizabeth Garver Jordan to Jane Addams, May 20 1908

Elizabeth Garver Jordan to Jane Addams, November 3, 1909

Elizabeth Garver Jordan to Jane Addams, April 30, 1912

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Birth Date

1865-05-09

Death Date

1947-02-24

Birthplace

Milwaukee, WI

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Elizabeth Garver Jordan started her career in journalism after graduating from high school in 1884. Jordan, while still living in her home city of Milwaukee and working for the cities superintendent of schools, wrote articles for the Evening Wisconsin, the St. Paul Globe, the Texas Siftings, and some Chicago based papers. Jordan was offered a job as the editor of the woman's page for the Peck's Sun newspaper, and would stay there for two years. In 1888, Jordan moved to Chicago and became a full time reporter for the Chicago Tribune. In 1890, Jordan moved to New York City after being hired personally by the editor-in-chief of New York World, where she wrote about human interest stories on the tenements of the city for the Sunday Edition. Jordan would publish these stories into two books: The Submerged Tenth and Tales of the City Room. In 1892, Jordan was made the assistant editor of the Sunday Edition of World, called Sunday World. In 1901, she was offered the position of editor of Harper's Bazaar magazine and would stay as its editor until 1913. Jordan would stay on at Harper's till 1918 as a literary advisor a few years after it was sold and renamed to Harper and Brothers.

Jordan died in 1947.