name: Demetra Vaka
birth_date: 1877-02-28 00:00:00
death_date: 1946-12-17 00:00:00
genres: Nonfiction
avg_rating: 3.85
ratings_count: 33
about: Demetra Vaka Brown belonged to the cosmopolitan middle class of Istanbul and was one of the first Greek immigrant women who joined American mainstream culture and society. After her wedding to author Kenneth Brown, she worked for the American Press and was eventually considered an authority on the subjects of oriental women and also on the Eastern Question. She worked as a journalist and foreign correspondent in the U.S.A. and the Balkans, especially in Ottoman Turkey. Her 14 books were in print until the 1930’s and were translated into several European languages. Unfortunately, Vaka Brown’s books are today out of print however her entire written corpus is held by the Princeton University Library.