Peabody, Josephine Preston, 1874-1922

Peabody was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. After the death of her father in 1882, the family moved to Dorchester, Mass. She attended Latin School in Boston, and was a special student at Radcliffe College, 1894-1896. She published fourteen volumes of poems and verse plays, and lectured on poetry and literature at Wellesley College, 1901-1903. A pacifist and feminist, she joined the Fabian Society in 1909, and wrote a prose play, Portrait of Mrs. W. (Mary Wollstonecraft). She died in Cambridge, Mass. For further biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971).

From the description of Papers, 1902-1981 (inclusive) 1913-1921 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122557569

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