There have been several
famous Americans named Anderson. In recent years, the outstanding one
has been Marian Anderson, a singer.
She was born in Philadelphia in
1908. Her first important concert was with the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra in 1925, when she was only 17 years old.
Since then she has sung in
important cities and countries all over the world, and many critics
have said she has the greatest voice of her times. Miss Anderson is a
member of the Negro race and in 1954 she became the first member of
her race to sing with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York
City. Maxwell Anderson, a noted playwright, was born in Atlantic,
Pennsylvania, in 1888.
His first successful play,
which he wrote with Laurence Stallings, was called What Price Glory?
and was produced in 1924. His works include many other successful
plays. Sherwood Anderson, who was born in Camden, Ohio, in 1876 and
died in 1941, wrote many novels and short stories. His most
successful book was called Winesburg, Ohio. It was a collection of
short stories.
