Helen May Rowland (; 1875–1950) was an American
journalist
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Roles
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and
humorist
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. For many years she wrote a column in the ''
New York World
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'' called "Reflections of a Bachelor Girl". Many of her pithy insights from these columns were published in book form, including ''Reflections of a Bachelor Girl'' (1909), ''The Rubáiyát of a Bachelor'' (1915), and ''A Guide to Men'' (1922).
Namesakes
She is often confused with the vaudevillian and singer Helen Rowland, who was later billed professionally as Helene Daniels. Born as Helen Hannah Rubin (September 28, 1908, Bronx, New York - October 15th, 1992, New York), she started in 1927 as a vaudeville performer, opposite Ohio native "Muriel Malone" (born 1910/1911 - died April, 1980,
Greenville, South Carolina
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) as duo "Rubin and Malone", and sang on radio and recordings during the 1930s and early 1940s.
A silent film child actress
also had the same name, and was often credited as "Baby Helen Rowland" and briefly as "Baby Helen Lee" (during her second film appearance), distinguishing her from both the journalist and the singer.
Books
* ''Reflections of a Bachelor'' (1903)
''A Book of Conversations: The Digressions of Polly''(1905
''The Widow''(1908)
''Reflections of a Bachelor Girl''(1909)
''The sayings of Mrs. Solomon: Being the confessions of the seven hundredth wife as revealed to Helen Rowland''(1913)
(1915)
''A Guide To Men: Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl''(1922
* ''If, A Chant for Wives also The White Woman's Burden'' (1927)
* ''This Married Life'' (1927)
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1875 births
1950 deaths
American women journalists
American humorists
American women humorists