![]() ![]() She was 27 that year, and produced 45 short stories. They had three sons: Stanley Jr., Alan, and Frederick.ĭuring the stock market crash of 1903, the couple lost their savings, spurring Rinehart's efforts at writing as a way to earn income. She described the experience as "all the tragedy of the world under one roof." After graduation, she married Stanley Marshall Rinehart (1867–1932), a physician she had met there. She attended public schools and graduated at age 16, then enrolled at the Pittsburgh Training School for Nurses at Pittsburgh Homeopathic Hospital, where she graduated in 1896. Left-handed at a time when that was considered inappropriate, she was trained to use her right hand instead. ![]() Her father committed suicide when Mary was 19 years old. Her father was a frustrated inventor, and throughout her childhood, the family often had financial problems. A sister, Olive Louise, four years Mary's junior, would later gain recognition as an author of children's books and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. ![]() ![]() Rinehart was born Mary Ella Roberts in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, now a part of Pittsburgh. Rinehart lunching after a morning's trouting on Flathead River, Glacier National Park (c. ![]()
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