Features Sep 9, 2015 at 4:00 am

Alice B. Toklas Lived in Seattle Before She Met Gertrude Stein

She lived on First Hill in the 1890s, and rumor has it she still haunts the neighborhood. Stein would not have achieved international literary fame without her.

Rebecca Brown
Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein walking their poodle, Basket, a few years after Stein’s novel The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas made them both famous. Toklas was the first person to publish Stein’s work, and she protected Stein’s legacy after she died. Carl Mydans / Getty
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Great article! I didn't intend to read the whole thing but it was so good that I did.
Regina on September 10, 2015 at 12:39 PM Report this

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