Richard Harding Davis was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and World War I. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century.
Davis in 1890
Davis with Theodore Roosevelt in Tampa, Florida, 1898
Bessie and Hope Davis
Three Gringos in Central America and Venezuela: poster by Edward Penfield
Rebecca Blaine Harding Davis was an American author and journalist. She was a pioneer of literary realism in American literature. She graduated valedictorian from Washington Female Seminary in Pennsylvania. Her most important literary work is the short story "Life in the Iron-Mills," published in the April 1861 edition of The Atlantic Monthly. Throughout her lifetime, Davis sought to effect social change for African Americans, women, Native Americans, immigrants, and the working class, by intentionally writing about the plight of these marginalized groups in the 19th century.
Rebecca's eldest son, Richard Harding Davis, c. 1903
First page of the short story "Life in the Iron-Mills", as first published in The Atlantic Monthly
First edition cover of Silhouettes of American Life, 1892.
First edition cover of Doctor Warrick's Daughters, 1896.