Minnie Gow Walsworth

Minnie Gow Walsworth
BornMary Murdock Gow
July 25, 1859
Dixon, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJune 25, 1947
Nickname"Minnie"
Occupationpoet
Alma materWashington Female Seminary
Notable works"Luaine"
Spouse
Edgar Douglas Walsworth
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(m. 1891)​

Minnie Gow Walsworth (July 25, 1859 – June 25, 1947) was an American poet.[1]

Biography

Mary Murdock Gow was born in Dixon, Illinois, July 25, 1859.[1] Her family was one of the earliest to settle in western Pennsylvania.[2] Her family's ancestors included people of literary and professional pursuits. Her grandfather, John L. Gow, of Washington, Pennsylvania, was a writer of poetry and prose. Her father, Alex M. Gow, was a prominent educator and editor in Pennsylvania and Indiana. He was the author of "Good Morals and Gentle Manners," a book used in the public schools of the U.S.[1]

Before Minnie was ten years of age, her poetic productions were numerous and showed a precocious imagination and unusual grace of expression.[1] Minnie's sister, Sybil, was also a poet.[3]

Walsworth was a graduate of Washington Female Seminary.[1]

On December 4, 1891, she married Edgar Douglas Walsworth, of Fontanelle, Iowa,[1] to which place she had removed with her family a few years previous.[2]

She was a contributor to the New York Independent, Interior, St. Nicholas Wide Awake, Literary Life, Presbyterian Banner,[2] and other periodicals.[1]

Her works appeared in several newspapers, such as Iowa County Democrat,[4] Los Angeles Herald.[5] News-Journal,[6] "Luaine", a poem, contained her most mature and careful work.[2]

Minnie Gow Walsworth died June 25, 1947.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "WALSWORTH, Mrs. Minnie Gow". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. p. 743. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b c d Moulton, Charles Wells (1893). "MINNIE GOW WALSWORTH, by J. M. G." The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review. Vol. 5. C.W. Moulton. p. 71. Retrieved 29 September 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Sidelights, by Blanche Wingate". The Des Moines Register. 26 May 1935. p. 45. Retrieved 29 September 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "What Will The New Year Bring?". Iowa County Democrat. Mineral Point, Wisconsin. 30 December 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "An Appeal to Fashion". Los Angeles Herald. 16 October 1905. p. 6. Retrieved 29 September 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "New year! New year!". News-Journal. Mansfield, Ohio. 31 December 1915. p. 9. Retrieved 29 September 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Mary Murdock Gow 25 July 1859 – 25 June 1947 • LCT4-CWS". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved 29 September 2022.