Sep 4, 2014 · The Butte Public Library banned The Story of Mary MacLane, and a daily paper denounced it as “inimical to public morality.” The New York Herald pronounced MacLane mad …

Jun 11, 2023 · It will demonstrate that the book does not receive the indorsement of Butte people, and that the picture Miss MacLane has drawn of Butte and its citizens is false.

Mary MacLane (May 1, 1881 – c. August 6, 1929) was a controversial Canadian -born American writer whose frank memoirs helped usher in the confessional style of autobiographical writing. …

May 3, 2021 · Born in Canada in 1881, MacLane moved to Butte when she was young, living in a home on Excelsior Street, she would write her provocative book, The Story of Mary MacLane.

Apr 23, 2025 · In 1902, a woman named Mary MacLane from Butte, Montana, became an international sensation after publishing a scandalous journal recording life at the age of 19.

But held down, half-buried, a seed fallen in barren ground, alone, uncomprehended, obscure—poor little Mary MacLane! Weep, world,—why don’t you?—for poor little Mary …

Dec 5, 2019 · When the Butte Public Library announced that it would not allow the book on its shelves, the Helena Daily Independent applauded, arguing that if this book “should go in, all …

She shared her inner thoughts and feelings in The Story of Mary MacLane, including unconventional ideas about religion, marriage and morality. Everyone from neighbors, literary …

Due to the volume of writing on this author it is by necessity somewhat scattershot, though there is a focus on feminist scholarship (which has been the most productive of MacLane citations), …

She was close friends with feminist writer Inez Haynes Irwin, who is mentioned in MacLane's private correspondence and appears in some of MacLane's 1910 newspaper writing in a Butte …