[2] Arthur Savage was a well educated man, fluent in Latin and Hebrew, who had once been a Methodist minister but had changed his denominational affiliation to become a Unitarian in the late 1870s.
[2] Her brother in-law and editor for the New York Post, Charles Selden, inspired Clara's interest in journalism, and she wrote for her high school's magazine.
While a Smith student, she was a member of the college's Press Board, and wrote articles for major newspapers, including the New York Times, before graduating in 1913.
[1] While in that position, Littledale frequently attended and observed suffrage meetings and marched in parades; later in life she would express regret for carrying a banner that read: "If Idiots and Morons Can Vote, Why Can't I?
"[2] By 1915, Littledale's time as press chairman for NAWSA had proved her distaste for publicity work[2] and she left the position to accept a new job as associate editor for Good Housekeeping, where she reported on politics in Washington, D.C., from a woman's perspective.
[3] After six months, her superiors at Good Housekeeping ordered her to return home, to which she famously responded with a telegram that read "Resigning and Remaining.
[1] Clara Littledale continued to write free-lance stories centered themes of marriage and family life, and they were published in journals such as Good Housekeeping, The New Republic, and McCall's.
[3] She supported parents using their own common sense, and encouraged them not to rely too heavily on the advice of experts, but she often included scientific research on childhood development in her writing.