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Marion Craig Wentworth
1872–1942
Best known for the powerful anti-war play War Brides, this American writer brought together drama, poetry, and activism in work that spoke directly to the lives of women. Her writing carries the urgency of the suffrage era while still feeling strikingly human.
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War Brides: A Play in One Act
by Marion Craig Wentworth
About the author
Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Marion Craig Wentworth was an American playwright, poet, and suffragist. She studied at the University of Minnesota, graduating in 1894, and later continued her training at the Curry School of Expression in Boston.
She is most widely remembered for War Brides, a one-act anti-war play that gained major attention during World War I and was adapted into a 1916 silent film starring Alla Nazimova. The play is especially noted for its feminist perspective, showing war through the eyes of women rather than soldiers or statesmen.
Wentworth's career joined literature with public conviction. In addition to writing, she was active in the suffrage movement, and her work reflects a deep concern with social reform, peace, and women's voices in public life.