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unusual facts about Alice B. Woodward


Alice B. Woodward

This project was followed by the stories of two Gilbert and Sullivan operas and even more children's books all with coloured illustrations.


Augustus B. Woodward

His biographer, Arthur M. Woodford, describes Woodward as a prototype of Washington Irving’s Ichabod Crane.

Bernard Faÿ

Despite his anti-Semitism, Faÿ, who was suspected to be a Gestapo agent for much of the occupation, protected Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.

Charles Woodward

Charles N. "Chunky" Woodward - (1924 - 1990), Canadian merchant and rancher, grandson of Charles A. Woodward

Charles A. Woodward - (1852-1937), Canadian merchant, founder of the Woodward's Department Stores Limited and Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Clark H. Woodward

Forcing rights of condemnation under eminent domain, the yard took over the old Wallabout Market abutting it to the east, using the expanded space to build two additional 1100-foot dry docks, a new foundry, several subassembly shops, and a materials laboratory.

As commander of the New York Navy Yard from October 1, 1937 to March 1, 1941, Admiral Woodward was not only charged with the construction of warships, but he also had oversight of the Brooklyn Naval Hospital, located on the eastern side of Wallabout Bay; the Material and Chemical Laboratories at the Navy Yard; and numerous supply depots around the borough of Brooklyn.

In 1940, the Brooklyn Eagle carried numerous speeches of his in which Woodward warned not only of America's "third-place" status, but also that the United States Army lacked the strength to repel a potential attack on the Navy Yard if an enemy managed to break through the nation’s naval defenses.

Difficult Women

The show contains over four hours of material on visionary women such as Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Frida Kahlo, Memphis Minnie, Sonya Tolstoi, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Camille Claudel, Katherine Mansfield and Louisa Lawson.

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas

The title is a reference to writer Alice B. Toklas, who authored a 1954 cookbook that featured making cannabis brownies.

James Anthony Lawson

In the 1860s he built a Victorian gothic mansion by the sea in Shankill called Clontra which was designed by Deane & Woodward.

James Woodward

James F. Woodward American professor of physics and history, CSU Fullerton, California, USA

James G. Woodward (1840 – 1923), American newspaperman and politician, serving as a four-term mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

James T. Woodward (1837 – 1910), American banker and owner of a major thoroughbred horse dynasty

John Glassco

In it, he describes meeting various celebrities who were living in or passing through Paris at the time, such as James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Ford Madox Ford, Frank Harris, Lord Alfred Douglas and others.

Jonathan M. Woodward

He also appeared as Dr. Jason Posner in the 2001 film Wit, which was based on the play of the same name written by Margaret Edson.

He performed with Big Dance Company at Dance Theater Workshop, HERE Arts Center and the Viewpoints Conference in New York as well as the Exit and Via Festivals in France and the Polverigi Festival in Italy.

José Cisneros

A San Francisco resident for over fifteen years, Treasurer Cisneros has been active in the community including serving on the Equality California Institute board and the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club board.

Mary Bookstaver

Alice B. Toklas jealously demanded Stein burn Bookstaver's letters.

Sal Rosselli

He also worked with the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club in the 1980s, becoming president of the club in 1984.

Santonic acid

It was synthesized from santonin by base-mediated hydrolysis of a lactone followed by a multistep rearrangement process by R. B. Woodward.

Stuart Schreiber

He joined the research group of Robert B. Woodward and after Woodward's death continued his studies under the supervision of Yoshito Kishi.

Susan L. Woodward

During her time in Washington DC she taught graduate seminars at Georgetown, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.

Walthall Robertson Joyner

He defeated Thomas Goodwin (incumbent mayor James G. Woodward didn't run) in 1907 and under his leadership a memorial was made of the Wren's Nest after Joel Chandler Harris's death.

Westminster, Maryland

Theodore E. Woodward, Nobel Prize nominee, renowned researcher in the field of medicine

William Culham Woodward

Heir to the Woodward's department store chain founded by his father Charles A. Woodward in 1891, he started out in 1907 as a bookkeeper for the store, ultimately rising to become company president in 1937 upon his father's death.


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