candidate they supported in the 1940 election, Ferber was among the writers who endorsed Franklin D. Roosevelt. Characteristics of works Ferber's novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination, ethnic or otherwise. Ferber's works often concerned small subsets of American culture, and sometimes took place in exotic locations she had visited but was not intimately familiar with, such as Texas or Alaska. She thus helped to highlight the diversity of American culture to those who did not have the opportunity to experience it. Some novels are set in places she had not visited. Legacy Art, entertainment, and media Ferber was portrayed by the actress Lili Taylor in the film Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994). In 2008, The Library of America selected Ferber's article "Miss Ferber Views 'Vultures' at Trial" for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime. On July 29, 2002, in her hometown of Appleton, Wisconsin, the U.S. Postal Service issued an 83¢ Distinguished Americans series postage stamp honoring her. Artist Mark Summers, well known for his scratchboard technique, created this portrait for the stamp referencing a black-and-white photograph of Ferber taken in 1927. A fictionalized version of Edna Ferber appears briefly as a character in Philipp Meyer's novel The Son (2013). An additional fictionalized version of Edna Ferber, with her as the protagonist, appears in a series of mystery novels by Ed Ifkovic and published by Poisoned Pen Press, including Downtown Strut: An Edna Ferber Mystery, written in 2013. In 2013, Ferber was inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. Buildings In her hometown of Appleton, Wisconsin, the Edna Ferber Elementary School was named after her. Construction of the school was initially voted down in a 1971 referendum. List of works Ferber wrote thirteen novels, two autobiographies, numerous short stories, and nine plays, many which were written in collaborations with other playwrights. Novels Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed (1911) Fanny Herself (1917) The Girls (1921) So Big (1924) (won Pulitzer Prize) Show Boat (1926, Grosset & Dunlap) Cimarron (1930) American Beauty (1931) Come and Get It (1935) Saratoga Trunk (1941) Great Son (1945) Giant (1952) Ice Palace (1958) Novellas and Short Story Collections Buttered Side Down (1912) Roast Beef, Medium (1913) Emma McChesney stories Personality Plus (1914) Emma McChesney stories Emma Mc