Eve Brodlique Summers

Eve Brodlique Summers (, Brodlique; 1867 – 10 October 1949), known by her pen names Willice Wharton, Peg Woffington and Evelyn, was a British-born Canadian-American author and journalist. One of the best-known newspaper women in North America,

Early life and education Eve (sometimes, "Eva") Hadday Brodlique was born in Cornwall, England, 1867. The family emigrated to London, Ontario when Eve was young.

Brodlique was educated in Canada, England, and the United States. Brodlique was the special representative for the London Advertiser at the House of Commons at Ottawa, being the first and the only woman who did regular telegraphic political work from the Dominion Parliament. In 1897, she was elected president of the Chicago Press League.

During the 1897 World's Fair, she belonged to the editorial staff of the Chicago Post, and kept to the fore the Canadian exhibit and the people from Canada who attended the fair.

On 4 April 1899 in London, Ontario, she married Leland Laflin Summers, consulting engineer of the Florence and Cripple Creek railroad company and the La Bella Mining company of Denver, Colorado. Afterwards, they lived in Denver. They had a son born in Chicago, Llewelyn Leland Brodlique Summers (1903–1948). In 1937, their son married Margaret Grace Shotwell, the daughter of Columbia University history professor James T. Shotwell.

Brodlique resided at "Summerslea", an estate on Long Island. Burial was in Woodstock, New York.

Selected works Plays A Training School for Lovers, 1896 A Tangled Web, 1897 Rue, 1900