Quiz on Eliza Jane Poitevent Holbrook Nicholson

What was the pen name of Eliza Jane Poitevent Holbrook Nicholson?

• Pearl Rivers

• Ruby Streams

• Sapphire Lakes

• Emerald Brooks

Where was Eliza Jane Poitevent Holbrook Nicholson born?

• New Orleans, Louisiana

• Gainesville, Mississippi

• Jackson, Mississippi

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana

What significant achievement did Pearl Rivers accomplish in the United States?

• First woman to own a publishing company

• First woman to publish a novel

• First woman to own and publish a daily newspaper

• First woman to become a poet laureate

At what age did Eliza Poitevent attend the Amite Female Seminary?

• Twelve

• Fifteen

• Eighteen

• Twenty

What was the name of the newspaper Pearl Rivers owned?

• The New Orleans Times

• The New Orleans Picayune

• The New York Ledger

• The New York Home Journal

Who invited Pearl Rivers to join his staff as a literary editor?

• William J. Poitevent

• Samuel Potter Russ

• Col. Alva Morris Holbrook

• George Nicholson

How much was Pearl Rivers paid weekly as a literary editor?

• Ten dollars

• Twenty-five dollars

• Fifty dollars

• Seventy-five dollars

In what year did Pearl Rivers publish "Lyrics"?

• 1870

• 1873

• 1876

• 1880

What was the debt amount of the New Orleans Picayune when Holbrook died?

• Fifty thousand dollars

• Eighty thousand dollars

• One hundred thousand dollars

• Two hundred thousand dollars

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Who did Eliza Poitevent marry in 1877?

• William J. Poitevent

• Samuel Potter Russ

• George Nicholson

• Alva Morris Holbrook