Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1890 — FAMOUS YET UNKNOWN. [ARTICLE]

FAMOUS YET UNKNOWN.

Wives Hidden by Their Husband's Fame, yet Wonderful Women. The wife of a famous man will ofttimes he completely hidden by' the dazzle o; her husband’s fame, and it is astonishing how little is known of those women whose husbands’ names are household words throughout the country. While the newspapers teem with the name of Thomas A. Edison, comparatively nothing is known or heard of Mrs. Edison. Every newspaper reader knows the name of Chauneey M. Depew., but of Mrs. Depew only the most casual reference is made. Even in England no one ever hears of Lady Tennyson or of Mrs. Gladstone, and the same is true of such men as JP. T. Barnum, Will Carleton, John Wanamaker, Spurgeon, W. D. Howells, Dr. Taimage, “Mark Twain,” and James G. Blaine. Often these very wives have been the makers of their husband’s careers. Their portraits are even less known than their lives. In a splendid series to be called "Unknown Wives of Wellknown Men” the Ladies’ Home, Journal, of Philadelphia, will, during next year, sketch all these women and others, presenting their portraits, in many cases, for the first time to the public.