31 Days of Notable Women-Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, famous first, poet

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson was born on September 27, 1861 in New York City, the fourth and youngest child of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt.

She began writing at an early age, through the encouragement of her friends, in particular Edith Wharton who helped critique her poetry. In 1911, she published her first poem, “The Call of Brotherhood”, in Scribner’s Magazine. Her first book of poems of the same title was published in 1912. This volume was quickly followed by One Woman to Another and Other Poems (1914) dedicated to her daughter, also named Corinne, commemorating the loss of Robinson’s brother Elliott and son, Stewart. Other volumes of poetry by Robinson include Service and Sacrifice (1919) dedicated to her brother Theodore Roosevelt, The Poems of Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (1924), and Out of Nymph (1930) dedicated to Charles Scribner. She also wrote the prose memoir My Brother Theodore Roosevelt (1924). In 1920, Robinson became the first woman ever to address a nomination convention speaking before a crowd of 14,000.

 Bio from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinne_Roosevelt_Robinson

31 Days of Notable Women- Helen Hunt Jackson, activist for Native Americans

Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885), was a United States writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the U.S.government. She detailed the adverse effects of government actions in her history A Century of Dishonor (1881). Her novel Ramona dramatized the federal government’s mistreatment of Native Americans in Southern California and attracted considerable attention to her cause, although its popularity was based on its romantic and picturesque qualities rather than its political content. It was estimated to have been reprinted 300 times, and contributed to the growth of tourism in Southern California.

Bio from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hunt_Jackson

31 Days of Notable Women- Carolina Nairne, Scottish poet

 

Baroness Carolina Nairne (August 16, 1766 – October 26, 1845), a Scottish songwriter, was born in the “auld hoose” of Gask, Perthshire to Jacobite parents. Throughout her lifetime, she wrote various poems and songs, which she kept a secret from everyone in her life, including her husband, WM Nairne. Her works have been praised for their vivacity and eloquent style, and were often published under the pseudonym of “BB” during her lifetime mainly because it was not socially acceptable for women to write poetry at that time. She loved the Scottish countryside. She died in her family’s home on October 26, 1845, at the age of seventy-nine. Her songs are said to be second only to those of Robert Burns in popularity. Her legacy is also important because she adapted popular melodies and helped by so doing to preserve much of Scotland’s musical heritage, which would otherwise have been lost.

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lady_Carolina_Nairne

31 Days of Notable Women- quotable Elizabeth Robins

“I am conscious that in talking and writing to my nearest and most trusted friends I sometimes suppress and I sometimes embroider.” – Elizabeth Robins-1895

Elizabeth Robins was an American actress, author, playwright and women’s freedom fighter (1862-1952).

http://www.jsu.edu/depart/english/robins/erchron.htm

31 Days of Notable Women- Katharine Tynan, Irish poet/novelist

Katharine Tynan (23 January 1861 – 2 April 1931) was an Irish-born writer, known mainly for her novels and poetry. After her marriage in 1898 to the writer and barrister Henry Albert Hinkson (1865–1919) she usually wrote under the name Katharine Tynan Hinkson (or Katharine Tynan-Hinkson or Katharine Hinkson-Tynan). Of their three children, Pamela Hinkson (1900–1982) was also known as a writer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Tynan

31 Days of Notable Women- Marjorie Pickthall, child prodigy, poet

Marjorie L. C. Pickthall was the daughter of Arthur C. Pickthall, an electrical engineer, and Helen Mallard, who had emigrated to Toronto in 1890 from England, when their child was about seven years of age. Marjorie Lowrey Christie Pickthall was born in London,England, the 14th of September, 1883, she achieved fame earlier in life than most poets. For a decade her poems and short stories have appeared in leading periodicals of England, the United States and Canada: and in the autumn of 1913, the University Magazine,Montreal, and John Lane, the Bodley Head, issued a volume of her collected verse, entitled A Drift of Pinions.

For once the reviewers and critics generally were of one opinion that the work was the product of genius undefiled and radiant, dwelling in the realm of pure beauty and singing with perfect naturalness its divine message. It was evident that a genius of a rare order had appeared in Canadian literature.

In 1913, Miss Pickthall was assistant librarian in Victoria College but the close confinement not agreeing with her health, she resigned and went to England to visit relatives. She was there when the Great War broke out and at once became interested in grey knitting and other matters pertaining to the soldiers. In 1915, Little Hearts, her first novel, was published and was very favorably received by the best critics. 

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/garvin/poets/pickthall.html

31 Days of Notable Women- Virginia Woolf, quotable woman

Quotable Women-

“If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or ‘our’ country, let it be understood, soberly and rationally between us, that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits which I have not shared and probably will not share; but not to gratify my instincts, or protect either myself or my country. For, the outside will say, in fact, as a woman, I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world…” -Virginia Woolf  (1882 – 1941)- England

http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson14.html

31 Days of Notable Women- Dorothy Thompson, war correspondent

Dorothy Thompson was born in Lancaster, New York, in 1894. While studying at Syracuse University she became a suffragist and was involved in the campaign to obtain the vote for women. After the First World War Thompson went to Europe to become a freelance writer. After working for the Philadelphia Public Ledger the New York Post appointed her head of its Berlin bureau in Germany.

In 1928 Thompson married novelist Sinclair Lewis. After interviewing Adolf Hitler in 1931 she wrote about the dangers of him winning power in Germany. A strong opponent of Hitler and his government, in 1934 Thompson became the first American correspondent to be expelled from Nazi Germany.

Source: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAthompsonD.htm

Event Notice: My interview with Janie of “Angels in Distress

Thursday Dec 15th I’ll be interviewed by Janie, aka Queen Warrior, of “Angels in Distress, Inc.” at 8pm PST/9pm MST/10pm CST/11pm EST on Blog Talk Radio at:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/queen-warrior/2011/12/16/domestic-violence-how-do-you-escape-from-it

We’ll be chatting about my harrowing escape from domestic violence in 1984, how to spot a possible batterer and my book “How to Escape a Bad Marriage-A Self Help Divorce Book for Women”.

Energetically, Diane Tegarden

Quote about government and freedom

“Of all forms of government and society, those of free men and women are in many respects the most brittle. They give the fullest freedom for activities of private persons and groups who often identify their own interests, essentially selfish, with the general welfare.”–Dorothy Thompson (1894-1961)

Dorothy Thompson was born in Lancaster, New York, in 1894. While studying at Syracuse University she became a suffragist and was involved in the campaign to obtain the vote for women.

After the First World War Thompson went to Europe to become a freelance writer. After working for the Philadelphia Public Ledger the New York Post appointed her head of its Berlin bureau in Germany.

In 1928 Thompson married novelist Sinclair Lewis. After interviewing Adolf Hitler in 1931 she wrote about the dangers of him winning power in Germany. A strong opponent of Hitler and his government, in 1934 Thompson became the first American correspondent to be expelled from Nazi Germany.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAthompsonD.htm