Through the ages there has been many female Mormon poets that put their heartfelt feelings into memorable prose. They did it by integrating their feelings into some of the memorable LDS poetry which is available to reflect on and read today. Several of these early lady poets continue drawing positive attention from adults, parents, business people and students. Most of the ideas they used are simple everyday thoughts that most people can easily relate to.
Around the 1850's Sarah Carmichael moved to the lower salt lake valley with some family and close friends. Her remarkable talent grew despite the poor school system and lack of educational opportunities. The salt lake news paper published more than 50 of her poems from around 1850 to 1860. Her appeal was mostly from the way she incorporated ideas like personal integrity, friendship and love into simple down to earth ideas.
In 1866 her family and friends helped to publish a small run leather bound printing of 26 of her poems. Shortly after that she married an army surgeon. Sadly after her marriage she suffered a drastic decline in her mental state leading to dementia. She passed in 1901 peacefully in her sleep and is best known for her poem April Flowers.
Around 1841 March 10th a niece to Joseph Smith was born. Her parents called her Josephine Donna Smith, she would change her name later to Ina Coolbrith. She traveled to California around 1852 and there published her first poems a few years later in the famous Los Angeles Times. When she turned 17 she married briefly and lost her first born child.
Around 1860 she went to San Francisco to live where she found employment as a staff writer for the journal Overland Monthly. Later still she found employment as librarian for many libraries including the famous Oakland public branch library. She went peacefully in 1928 while living with a niece. Her basic lyric poems were highly praised by many famous writers of the time including a close friend, Mark Twain.
Born October 9th 1844, Augusta Joyce Crocheron was born into the Mormon faith. When she was two years old her parents sold everything they had and sailed from New York to California with Samuel Brannan. It took roughly 6 months for them to get to San Francisco. After arriving they found the living conditions to be almost unbearable because of the war with Mexico.
The 1949 gold rush brought prosperity and later her parents divorced because of her fathers drinking. In 1868 her mom remarried and settled in Utah. Augusta became a 2nd wife to George Cocheron till she died in 1915. Drawing on her hardships and traumatic life and her poems speak of hope and the encouragement that everybody has a purpose.
Historical female literary figures often get overlooked or are over shadowed by whatever is the flavor of the day. Because of the many hardships they experienced LDS poetry is blessed with many female authors. While they are gone they are not forgotten, you have only to go down to your local library to find any number of books about them.
Around the 1850's Sarah Carmichael moved to the lower salt lake valley with some family and close friends. Her remarkable talent grew despite the poor school system and lack of educational opportunities. The salt lake news paper published more than 50 of her poems from around 1850 to 1860. Her appeal was mostly from the way she incorporated ideas like personal integrity, friendship and love into simple down to earth ideas.
In 1866 her family and friends helped to publish a small run leather bound printing of 26 of her poems. Shortly after that she married an army surgeon. Sadly after her marriage she suffered a drastic decline in her mental state leading to dementia. She passed in 1901 peacefully in her sleep and is best known for her poem April Flowers.
Around 1841 March 10th a niece to Joseph Smith was born. Her parents called her Josephine Donna Smith, she would change her name later to Ina Coolbrith. She traveled to California around 1852 and there published her first poems a few years later in the famous Los Angeles Times. When she turned 17 she married briefly and lost her first born child.
Around 1860 she went to San Francisco to live where she found employment as a staff writer for the journal Overland Monthly. Later still she found employment as librarian for many libraries including the famous Oakland public branch library. She went peacefully in 1928 while living with a niece. Her basic lyric poems were highly praised by many famous writers of the time including a close friend, Mark Twain.
Born October 9th 1844, Augusta Joyce Crocheron was born into the Mormon faith. When she was two years old her parents sold everything they had and sailed from New York to California with Samuel Brannan. It took roughly 6 months for them to get to San Francisco. After arriving they found the living conditions to be almost unbearable because of the war with Mexico.
The 1949 gold rush brought prosperity and later her parents divorced because of her fathers drinking. In 1868 her mom remarried and settled in Utah. Augusta became a 2nd wife to George Cocheron till she died in 1915. Drawing on her hardships and traumatic life and her poems speak of hope and the encouragement that everybody has a purpose.
Historical female literary figures often get overlooked or are over shadowed by whatever is the flavor of the day. Because of the many hardships they experienced LDS poetry is blessed with many female authors. While they are gone they are not forgotten, you have only to go down to your local library to find any number of books about them.
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