Letter, February 13, 1915, Wisconsin, [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Staten Island, New York / Zona Gale. 1915.

Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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California poet. Raised near Vacaville, became a schoolteacher in Coloma and later in Oakland. Became famous overnight with publication of "The Man with a Hoe," his protest against brutalization of labor, in "San Francisco Examiner" (January 15, 1899). Following this success Markham moved to New York where he scored another triumph with "Lincoln and Other Poems" (1901). He became a well-known reader of his own poems and lecturer of idealistic views, but his creative output for remainder of life ...

Branch, Anna Hempstead, 1875-1937

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American poet, of Brooklyn, N.Y. From the description of Anna Hempstead Branch letter to Edith A. Watson, 1891 Dec. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 123945395 Branch was born on March 18, 1875 in New London, Conn. and lived in a house occupied by her grandmother's family since 1640 known as Hempstead House. She was educated at Smith College (1897) and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. While at the Academy she became acquainted with...

Marks, Josephine Peabody, 1874-1922.

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Gale, Zona, 1874-1938

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Zona Gale was a prominent writer and political activist born in Portage, Wisconsin. Gale attended the University of Wisconsin and worked as a reporter in Milwaukee. Gale, a lifelong friend of Jane Addams, became involved in the fight for the women's vote and eventually went to work for the writer Edmund Clarence Stedman. Her novel, "Miss Lulu Bett" was successfully adapted for the theater. From the description of Correspondence, 1907-1929. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat reco...