Ella Winter
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Leonore Sophie Winter Steffens Stewart (1898–1980) was an Australian-British journalist and activist.
Her parents were Freda Lust and Adolph Wertheimer from Nuremberg
(Nürnberg) in Germany
, who lived in London, Melbourne, Australia and again in London, when they changed their name to Winter (around 1910). Their children Rudolph, Rosa and Eleanora (Ella) were born in Melbourne. Frederick Wertham was a relative. She studied at the London School of Economics
in England.
She met the U.S. journalist and 'muckraker' Lincoln Steffens
at the Versailles Conference, where she was secretary to US Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter
. Winter and Steffens married in 1924. They moved to Italy, where their son, Pete, was born in San Remo.
Two years later, they settled in Carmel, California, where their friends and neighbors included photographer Edward Weston
, poet Robinson Jeffers
, philosopher/mythologist Joseph Campbell
, dancer/choreographer Jean Erdman
, nutritionist/author Adelle Davis
, poet George Sterling
, short story writer/poet Clark Ashton Smith
, marine biologist/ecologist Ed Ricketts
and novelists John Steinbeck
and Henry Miller
.
She wrote her first book, Red Virtue, after visiting the Soviet Union. Her autobiography, And Not to Yield, was published in 1963. Lincoln Steffens died in Carmel in 1936. In 1939, Winter married the screenwriter and humorist Donald Ogden Stewart
and became stepmother to his sons, Donald and Ames. They lived in California and then in Hampstead, London (which the New York Times obituary misspelled as 'Hamstead').
Her parents were Freda Lust and Adolph Wertheimer from Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
(Nürnberg) in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, who lived in London, Melbourne, Australia and again in London, when they changed their name to Winter (around 1910). Their children Rudolph, Rosa and Eleanora (Ella) were born in Melbourne. Frederick Wertham was a relative. She studied at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
in England.
She met the U.S. journalist and 'muckraker' Lincoln Steffens
Lincoln Steffens
-Biography:Steffens was born April 6, 1866, in San Francisco. He grew up in a wealthy family and attended a military academy. He studied in France and Germany after graduating from the University of California....
at the Versailles Conference, where she was secretary to US Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.-Early life:Frankfurter was born into a Jewish family on November 15, 1882, in Vienna, Austria, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Europe. He was the third of six children of Leopold and Emma Frankfurter...
. Winter and Steffens married in 1924. They moved to Italy, where their son, Pete, was born in San Remo.
Two years later, they settled in Carmel, California, where their friends and neighbors included photographer Edward Weston
Edward Weston
Edward Henry Weston was a 20th century American photographer. He has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers…" and "one of the masters of 20th century photography." Over the course of his forty-year career Weston photographed an increasingly expansive set of...
, poet Robinson Jeffers
Robinson Jeffers
John Robinson Jeffers was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. Most of Jeffers' poetry was written in classic narrative and epic form, but today he is also known for his short verse, and considered an icon of the environmental movement.-Life:Jeffers was born in...
, philosopher/mythologist Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell
Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience...
, dancer/choreographer Jean Erdman
Jean Erdman
Jean Erdman is a dancer and choreographer of modern dance as well as an avant-garde theater director.-Early years:Erdman was born on February 20, 1916 in Honolulu, Hawaii...
, nutritionist/author Adelle Davis
Adelle Davis
Daisie Adelle Davis , popularly known as Adelle Davis, was an American author and nutritionist who became well-known as an advocate for specific nutritional stances such as unprocessed food and vitamin supplementation...
, poet George Sterling
George Sterling
George Sterling was an American poet based in California who, during his time, was celebrated in Northern California as one of the greatest American poets, although he never gained much fame in the rest of the United States.-Biography:Sterling was born in Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York, the...
, short story writer/poet Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne...
, marine biologist/ecologist Ed Ricketts
Ed Ricketts
Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts commonly known as Ed Ricketts, was an American marine biologist, ecologist, and philosopher...
and novelists John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden and the novella Of Mice and Men...
and Henry Miller
Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist and painter. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of 'novel' that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is...
.
She wrote her first book, Red Virtue, after visiting the Soviet Union. Her autobiography, And Not to Yield, was published in 1963. Lincoln Steffens died in Carmel in 1936. In 1939, Winter married the screenwriter and humorist Donald Ogden Stewart
Donald Ogden Stewart
Donald Ogden Stewart was an American author and screenwriter.-Life:His hometown was Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from Yale University, where he became a brother to the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity , in 1916 and was in the Naval Reserves in World War I.After the war he started to write and found...
and became stepmother to his sons, Donald and Ames. They lived in California and then in Hampstead, London (which the New York Times obituary misspelled as 'Hamstead').