Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge:

On Seattle's News Coverage of Farmer's Fall

The Seattle Times, 1/15/43

Monday, March 4, 2013

Exposing Western Continued: Seattle P-I, 2/18/49

Posted by Meg Duke at 4:38 PM

Labels: mental hospital, overcrowding, Seattle P-I, Western State Hospital

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Presented are photos and articles from both The Seattle Times and The Seattle P-I from 1942 to 1949. This blog is focused on how each paper covered Farmer's alleged "loss of sanity" and her struggles. To learn more about Frances Farmer herself, see the links below.

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Sources:

1. Associated Press. "Actress Frances Farmer Sent to State Hospital." Seattle Post Intelligencer 24 Mar. 1944: n. pag. Print.

2. Associated Press. "Driving While Drunk Laid to Frances Farmer." The Seattle Daily Times 20 Oct. 1942: n. pag. Print.

3. Associated Press. "Ex-Seattle Girl Cries She 'Drank Everything'" The Seattle Daily Times 14 Jan. 1943: n. pag. Print.

4. Associated Press. "Frances Farmer 'Burned Up'; Officer Was a Bit Red, Too." Seattle Post Intelligencer 13 Jan. 1943: n. pag. Print.

5. Associated Press. "Frances Farmer Cured; Quits Hospital Today." Seattle Post Intelligencer 2 July 1944: n. pag. Print.

6. Associated Press. "Frances Farmer Put In Asylum." The Seattle Daily Times 24 Mar. 1944: n. pag. Print.

7. Associated Press. "Frances Farmer Will Leave Hospital; May Do War Work." The Seattle Sunday Times 2 July 1944: n. pag. Print.

8. Associated Press. "Miss Farmer In Hospital To Undergo Sanity Test." The Seattle Daily Times 15 Jan. 1943: n. pag. Print.

9. Associated Press. "Miss Farmer Starts Jail Term Violently." Seattle Post Intelligencer 15 Jan. 1943: n. pag. Print.

10. Associated Press. "Mrs. Farmer Blames Roles For Breakdown." Seattle Post Intelligencer 26 Jan. 1943: n. pag. Print.

11. Barr, Robert A. "Frances Farmer, Home Again, Plans Comeback in Pictures." The Seattle Daily Times 3 July 1944: n. pag. Print.

12. Cohen, Lucille. "Drastic Overcrowding At State Hospital Bared." Seattle Post Intelligencer 18 Feb. 1949: n. pag. Print.

13. International News Service. "Frances Farmer Arrested." Seattle Post Intelligencer 21 Oct. 1942: n. pag. Print.

14. Tate, Cassandra. "Farmer, Frances (1913-1970) -- Part 1." HistoryLink.org. N.p., 17 Jan. 2003. Web. .

15. Tate, Cassandra. "Farmer, Frances (1913-1970) -- Part 2." HistoryLink.org. N.p., 17 Jan. 2003. Web. .

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