Florence Welch Wagner began her career as a newspaperwoman in Topeka, Kansas. She moved to Los Angeles during the early part of the century and taught high school. She married Rob Wagner, a portrait painter and writer, in 1914. When Wagner founded Rob Wagner's Script in 1929, she became the magazine's business manager and a columnist. She sold the magazine in 1947, five years after her husband's death.
Prominent suffragist in Kansas and Southern California in the first two decades of the 20th century.
Florence Wagner was a vehement anti-war activist during World War I. She was briefly investigated by the U.S. Justice Department on allegations of sedition, but charges were never filed.
Strong sympathizer of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia.