Julie Mathilde Lippmann (1864–1952) was an American author, critic, and political writer whose career spanned several decades. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she received her education through private schooling and a governess, later traveling extensively. Throughout her life, Lippmann established herself as a versatile literary figure, producing novels, plays, poetry, and literary criticism, as well as writing U.S. propaganda during the First World War. She was also an active supporter of the women's suffrage movement.\n\nLippmann's literary output was diverse and well-received. Her novel Martha By-The-Day achieved significant popularity and was adapted for the stage in 1914. Another of her notable novels, Burkeses Amy, served as the basis for the 1919 silent film The Hoodlum. Beyond her longer fiction, Lippmann was a prolific poet and lyricist; she penned the lyrics to the song "My Lady Jacqueminot" and published poems such as "If We But Knew" and "Love and Life" in various contemporary magazines.\n\nIn addition to her writing, Lippmann was well-connected within the American literary and cultural landscape of her era. She maintained close friendships with prominent figures of the day, including Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner, and William Gillette. Following her death in 1952, her life and legacy were memorialized by her niece, the artist and poet Julie Morrow DeForest, in the memoir Auntie: Reminiscences of Julie M. Lippman.
