Hannah D. Pittman
Hannah D. Pittman | |
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Hannah D. Pittman | |
| Born | Hannah Daviess 1840 |
| Died | 1919 (aged 78–79) |
| Burial place | Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri |
| Education | Presbyterian College of Harrodsburg |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Known for | Wrote first American comic opera |
| Spouse |
Williamson Haskins Pittman
(m. 1857; died 1875) |
| Children | 5 |
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Hannah Daviess Pittman (1840–1919) was for sixteen years a member of the staff of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and during that time was also associated with the St. Louis Spectator, a weekly paper. She is also the author of the first American comic opera.