Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1879-1944) was an American writer, born in Brockton, Massachusetts, and educated at Radcliffe College.
She was a reader in English at Bryn Mawr, 1901-10. Mrs. Gerould was criticized as weighing down a distinct literary talent with an unbending conservatism, which though it did not attract the masses, had a coterie of faithful admirers. In addition to many articles in magazines she published:
- Vain Obligations (1914)
- The Great Tradition (1915)
- Hawaii, Scenes and Impressions (1916)
- A Change of Air (1917)
- Modes and Morals (1919), a collection of essays
- Valiant Dust (1923), a collection of short stories
Famous quotes by katharine fullerton gerould:
“All violations of essential privacy are brutalizing.”
—Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1879–1944)
“Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.”
—Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1879–1944)
“Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.”
—Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1879–1944)
“... if a person is to be unconventional, he must be amusing or he is intolerable: for, in the nature of the case, he guarantees you nothing but amusement. He does not guarantee you any of the little amenities by which society has assured itself that, if it must go to sleep, it will at least sleep in a comfortable chair.”
—Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1879–1944)
“... for twenty years ... to speak of culture has meant that one did not have it. The only people who have talked about it have been the people who have thought you could get it at Chautauquas.”
—Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1879–1944)