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North Side: Gertrude Stein


Gertrude Stein
Born: 3 February 1874. (3). Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
Died: 27 July 1946. (4)
Buried: Pere Lachaise Cemetery, France. (5)

Gertrude Stein Forgotten or Unknown
"Gert's poems are bunk."
Speculations, or Post-Impressionism in Prose, by Mabel Dodge
"In Gertrude Stein's writing every word lives"
A Letter from Gertrude Stein
"I was born in Alleghany [sic]."
Birthplace of Gertrude Stein
"What makes America what it is"

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