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Rowena Granice Steele
(1824-1901)
American actress, journalist, author, publisher
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Rowena Granice Steele (née Rowena Graniss; after first marriage, Rowena Claughley; June 20, 1824 – February 7, 1901) was an American performer (actress, singer, elocutionist), author of poetry and novels, as well as a newspaper journalist, editor, and publisher. The first novel written by a woman in California was Steele's, The Victims of Fate, a work of fiction loosely based on David C. Broderick, the preface stating: "Some of the incidents of this little story, (although mingled with fiction,) are real facts. I had the honor of being acquainted with the hero, from my earliest childhood. First as a lad of little promise, although to use a quaint expression, King-Bee among his boy companions. After, as a young, terprising aspirant for political fame. Last, as the finished gentleman and a nation's pride." Steele was well known for the entertainments which she provided during the early days of the California Gold Rush, where, with her son, George, she acted out scenes from Shakespeare and bits of comedy.

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20 June 1824
Goshen, New York, U.S.
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7 February 1901 (aged 76)
Willows, California, U.S.
Zodiac Gemini
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