she told the editor of the Boston Evening Transcript that her wish was that American writers would be able to portray American women as they really were: “The Yankee smartness, the quick tact and intuition, the dry humor and love of fun, the restless, eager curiosity, the spirited independence, the sparkle and gleam that play over the surface of earnestness and energy, thoughtfulness and devoutness, passion and intensity.”[19]
