Hall of Honor Recipient
Susan Glaspell
Class of 1894
Inducted in 1991
Susan Glaspell, well-known playwright, lived in Davenport until 1910 when she made her home in the East. Frequently she alluded to her early life in Davenport and the importance of her ancestors. During her early professional days, she was a member of the Davenport Tuesday Club and the Davenport Monist Society. As a newspaper writer, she wrote for the Davenport Republican, the Weekly Outlook and the Des Moines Daily News.
Susan Glaspell is credited with seven one-act plays, seven full-length plays, nine novels and over fifty short stories. The biography of her husband, George Cram Cook, “ The Road to the Temple”, is considered a classic in literature.
Miss Glaspell won the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1931 for her play, “Allison’s House”. With her husband, she founded the first modern American theatre group, The Provincetown Players. Her literary contributions have drawn international acclaim.
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