Florence Ryerson [SEP] place of death
Hayes was Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Life and career Later years and death.
Colin Clements died in 1948. Ryerson retired to Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, in 1951, where she continued to write plays, some for the local high school.
Florence Ryerson Clements died in Mexico City of cardiac insufficiency in 1965. Her remains were cremated in Mexico and given to her son, Harold Swayne Ryerson Jr.
External links.
- Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements papers, 1909-1965, held by the Billy Rose Theatre
Florence Ryerson
Florence Ryerson (September 20, 1892 – June 8, 1965) was a playwright, screenwriter, and co-author of the script for the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz".
Life and career.
Life and career Early years.
Florence Ryerson was born in Glendale, California. She was the daughter of Charles Dwight Willard and Mary McGregor. Charles Dwight Willard (1860-1914), journalist and political reformer, was an 1883 graduate of the University of Michigan, worked on the