Английская Википедия:Ednorah Nahar

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Ednorah Nahar (1873-1936) was an African American elocutionist from Boston who flourished between the late 1880s and early 1900s giving dramatic recitations throughout the United States, as well as abroad.

Early life

Ednorah Nahar was born in 1873[Notes 1] in Boston to Amelia (née St. Pierre) and Edwin H. Nahar.Шаблон:Sfn She came from a well-known family of Boston and was a cousin to Joan Imogen Howard.Шаблон:Sfn Her father was of foreign birthШаблон:Sfn[Notes 2] and she was sometimes described as a light-skinned Spaniard or Indian.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn By 1879, she was enrolled in the Bowdoin School for girlsШаблон:Sfn and after completing her grammar school, enrolled in Fort Edward Collegiate Institute in Fort Edward, New York. Her aptitude for elocution was acclaimed and she was assigned a group of younger children to teach, while she continued her own studies. In addition, she took acting courses at the Madison Dramatic School of Dion Boucicault in New York City.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Career

Nahar had her stage debut on November 16, 1886. Within a year, she had given readings at the Chickering Hall, becoming only the second black woman to perform there. On November 17, 1890, she appeared before a crowd of 5,000 accompanied by the United States Marine Band at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Nahar traveled widely, performing in ten of the British West Indies colonies and thirty-one US states. By 1893, she had performed over 800 concerts, acting as her own managerШаблон:Sfn and in February of that year, she began to manage for other performers, such as Sissieretta Jones.Шаблон:Sfn She appeared with Jones in her 1893 concert tour at Carnegie Hall.Шаблон:Sfn Nahar was often mentioned as one of the best elocutionists of the day, along with Hallie Q. Brown and Henrietta Vinton Davis and was praised for her management of concert tours.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

In 1896, she planned a trip to Europe including venues in London and ParisШаблон:Sfn and in 1899, Nahar made a trip to London, under the patronage of the Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough.Шаблон:Sfn She continued performing in the United States through the 1900s performing dramas and also singing.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn By 1905, she was a resident of New York City[1]

Later years

On February 28, 1916, Nahar married William F. X. Dierkes, an osteopath and Spanish-American War veteranШаблон:CN in Boone, Iowa,Шаблон:Sfn. After being involved in an automobile accident.Шаблон:Sfn, she cut back her appearances, the last one in 1920.Шаблон:CN

The Dierkes family moved to Westfield, Massachusetts, by 1923, where Dr. Dierkes set up a private medical practice. The health of both husband and wife began to fail near the end of 1936, with Ednorah dying on November 14 and her husband following her four weeks later.Шаблон:CN

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  1. ↑ 1905 New York state Census. ancestry.com
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