Alice Moore Hubbard

Who was Alice Moore Hubbard?

Alice Moore Hubbard was a noted American feminist, writer, and, with her husband, Elbert Hubbard was a leading figure in the Roycroft movement – a branch of the Arts and Crafts Movement in England with which it was contemporary.

Born Alice Luann Moore in Wales, New York to Welcome Moore and Melinda Bush¹, she was a schoolteacher before meeting her future husband, the married soap salesman and philosopher Elbert Hubbard whom she married in 1904 after a controversial affair in which she bore the illegitimate, Miriam Elberta Hubbard.

Her works include Justinian and Theodora, Woman's Work, Life Lessons, and The Basis of Marriage. The latter includes an interview with Alice Hubbard by Sophie Irene Loeb.

The couple perished in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania during the First World War while on a voyage to Europe to cover the war and ultimately interview Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.