Clara E. Laughlin

Clara Elizabeth Laughlin (August 3, 1873 – March 3, 1941) was an American writer, editor and radio personality. She was born in New York City and lived in Chicago.

Biography

Clara Elizabeth Laughlin was born on August 3, 1873, in New York City. She graduated from North Division High School in 1890.

Laughlin also headed Clara E. Laughlin's Travel Service, which had offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Paris, and she published a monthly magazine with circulation of more than 80,000. For three years, she gave travelogues on a radio station in Chicago.

Laughlin died on March 3, 1941, in Chicago, and was buried at Graceland Cemetery.

Papers Laughlin's papers are held by Smith College and were donated by her nieces.

Everybody's Lonesome; A True Fairy Story (1910) The Gleaners; A Novelette (1911) Children of To-Morrow (1911), illustrated by Lucius W. Hitchcock Evolution of a Girl's Ideal The Lady in Gray; A story of the steps by which we climb (1908) Divided The Penny Philanthropist; A story that could be true (1912) The Work-A Day Girl (1913) When My Ship Comes Home (1915) Reminiscences of James Whitcomb Riley (1916) So You're Going to Italy!; And if I were going with you these are the things I would invite you to do (1925) So You're Going to Paris! (1925) So You're Going to France! (1927) So You're Going to England! (1928) So You're Going to Rome (1928) So You're Going to Spain! (1931) So You're Going to Ireland & Scotland (1932) Traveling Through Life; Being the Autobiography of Clara E. Laughlin (1934) So You're Going to Scandinavia (1937) So You're Going to Travel (1938) So You're Seeing New England (1940)

Filmography The Penny Philanthropist (1917) starring Peggy O'Neil