Mary MacLane

Mary MacLane (May 1, 1881 – c. August 6, 1929) was a controversial Canadian-born American writer whose frank memoirs helped usher in the confessional style of autobiographical writing. MacLane was known as the "Wild Woman of Butte".MacLane was a popular author for her time, scandalizing the populace with her shocking bestselling first memoir and to a lesser extent her two following books. She was considered wild and uncontrollable, a reputation she nurtured, and was openly bisexual as well as a vocal feminist. In her writings, she compared herself to another frank young memoirist, Marie Bashkirtseff, who died a few years after MacLane was born, and H. L. Mencken called her "the Butte Bashkirtseff". Website with biography, photos, private letters, reviews

Encyclopædia Britannica article by Julia Watson

2013 Atlantic article by Hope Reese

2013 New Yorker article

Works by Mary MacLane at Project Gutenberg

Works by or about Mary MacLane at Internet Archive

Works by Mary MacLane at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

Mary Maclane at Women Film Pioneers Project