Grover, Frances Peck, 1886-1961

found: Northwestern University finding aid, Chicago Tribune, Frances Peck Grover (Mae Tinee) Papers, 1895-1940, viewed March 27, 2020(Frances Peck, 1886-1961, was born in Colorado to Dean Arthur Claremont Peck and Frances Potter, and later married Jerry G. Grover. She joined the Chicago Tribune as a feature writer in 1911 and went on to become the paper's theatrical interviewer before taking over as movie critic in 1914. Grover used the by-line "Mae Tinee" until her retirement in 1945; died in Evanston, Illinois May 8, 1961. Mrs. Grover [also wrote] as Frances Peck, Frances Peck Barnes, Frances Barnes)

found: Women Film Pioneers home page, March 27, 2020(Mae Tinee (aka Frances Peck Grover))

found: Chicago tribune, April 14, 2013, viewed March 30, 2020:page 27 (Jacob, Mark. 10 things you might not know about FILM CRITICS. For decades, Tribune movie reviewers wrote under a fake byline as Mae Tinee. Among the writers using the byline were Frances Peck Kerner, Anna Nangle and Maurine Dallas Watkins, who wrote the play that was adapted into the award-winning musical "Chicago.")

found: FamilySearch.org, viewed March 27, 2020(Cook County deaths: Frances Peck Grover died 8 May 1961, born 17 Apr 1886 in Longmont, Colorado)