This project began with a simple observation: while researching Gene Stratton-Porter and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, I kept reading brief mentions about film adaptations of their work. As I dug deeper, a pattern emerged — American women writers were everywhere in early Hollywood, yet their names had largely vanished from film history.
What started as casual note-taking evolved into systematic documentation of this forgotten chapter of cinema. These women didn't just contribute occasionally — they provided the stories that built Hollywood.
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