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Miriam Leslie (née Folline; after first marriage, Peacock; after second marriage, Squier; after third marriage, Leslie; after fourth marriage, Wilde; claimed title, Baroness de Bazus; June 5, 1836 – September 18, 1914) was an American publisher and author.
Miriam Florence Squier Leslie (também, Miriam Peacock e Miriam Wilde; 5 de junho de 1836 – 18 de setembro de 1914) foi uma editora e autora americana. Ela era a esposa de Frank Leslie e a herdeira de seu negócio editorial, o qual ela transformou em uma empresa lucrativa após um estado de dívidas.
29 de mar. de 2023 · When Miriam Leslie heard the news, she literally stopped the presses. It had been barely 18 months since she had taken over as head of the Leslie media empire, which included the flagship publication Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, a weekly founded by her husband Frank Leslie in 1855.
Learn about the life and achievements of Miriam Leslie, a writer, femme fatale and legendary CEO who married three times, traveled the world and advocated for women's rights. Read how she became the editor of Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine, saved the publishing empire from ruin and was courted by royalty.
Author Betsey Prioleau on her new biography 'Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age.'
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Leslie, Miriam Folline Squier (1836–1914)American editor, essayist, lecturer, socialite, and, ultimately, suffragist who legally took her husband's full name to save his business empire after his death, and whose celebrity in the U.S. and abroad grew out of both business triumphs and ...
Miriam Leslie was an American publisher and author. She was the wife of Frank Leslie and the heir to his publishing business, which she developed into a paying concern from a state of precarious indebtedness. After her husband's death, she changed her own name to his, Frank Leslie.
