Katherine Margaret Sproehnle (September 30, 1894 – August 29, 1976) was an American writer, publicist, and journalist, a contributor to The New Yorker, Woman's Day, Vanity Fair, Mademoiselle, Collier's, Vogue, and The Saturday Evening Post.
Sproehnle was born in Chicago, [1] the daughter of Albert William Sproehnle and Isabel Grace Kuh Sproehnle. [2] Her father and brother were jewelers. [3] Journalist Franklin P. Adams was her cousin. [4] [5] She graduated from the University of Chicago in 1915. [6]
Sproehnle was a reporter for the Chicago Tribune after college. She worked with Edward Bernays in publicity, [1] and at a bookstore owned by Fanny Butcher. [7] After she moved to New York City, [8] she was an occasional guest at the Algonquin Round Table gatherings. [9]
Sproehnle regularly contributed fiction, reviews, and humorous commentary to The New Yorker, from the 1920s into the 1940s, She co-wrote some pieces with Jane Grant, [10] James Thurber, and Robert M. Coates. [11] [12] In the 1940s she was the theatre critic for Mademoiselle magazine. [13] She also wrote for Vogue, [14] [15] Woman's Day, [16] Vanity Fair, Collier's, [17] and The Saturday Evening Post. [18]
In 1926, Sproehnle married Alfred Rheinstein, [19] a construction company owner and housing official in New York City. They had three children, including television news producer Frederic Rheinstein. [20] Her husband died in 1974, [21] and she died in 1976, at the age of 81, in New York City. [1] Designer Kate Rheinstein Brodsky and sportscaster Linda Rheinstein are her granddaughters. [22] [23] [24]
Katherine Margaret Sproehnle (September 30, 1894 – August 29, 1976) was an American writer, publicist, and journalist, a contributor to The New Yorker, Woman's Day, Vanity Fair, Mademoiselle, Collier's, Vogue, and The Saturday Evening Post.
Sproehnle was born in Chicago, [1] the daughter of Albert William Sproehnle and Isabel Grace Kuh Sproehnle. [2] Her father and brother were jewelers. [3] Journalist Franklin P. Adams was her cousin. [4] [5] She graduated from the University of Chicago in 1915. [6]
Sproehnle was a reporter for the Chicago Tribune after college. She worked with Edward Bernays in publicity, [1] and at a bookstore owned by Fanny Butcher. [7] After she moved to New York City, [8] she was an occasional guest at the Algonquin Round Table gatherings. [9]
Sproehnle regularly contributed fiction, reviews, and humorous commentary to The New Yorker, from the 1920s into the 1940s, She co-wrote some pieces with Jane Grant, [10] James Thurber, and Robert M. Coates. [11] [12] In the 1940s she was the theatre critic for Mademoiselle magazine. [13] She also wrote for Vogue, [14] [15] Woman's Day, [16] Vanity Fair, Collier's, [17] and The Saturday Evening Post. [18]
In 1926, Sproehnle married Alfred Rheinstein, [19] a construction company owner and housing official in New York City. They had three children, including television news producer Frederic Rheinstein. [20] Her husband died in 1974, [21] and she died in 1976, at the age of 81, in New York City. [1] Designer Kate Rheinstein Brodsky and sportscaster Linda Rheinstein are her granddaughters. [22] [23] [24]