Alice Arnold Crawford

Alice Arnold Crawford (February 10, 1850 – September, 1874) was an American poet. She furnished articles in prose and verse for the leading publications of the day, and, in 1875, after her death, an unedited collection of her writings, totaling almost two hundred pages, mostly in verse, was published by Jansen, McClurg & Co., of Chicago.[1]

Alice Arnold Crawford, "A Woman of the Century"
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Biography

Alice Arnold Crawford was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, February 10, 1850.[2] Her father died when she was but four years old. At sixteen, she was graduated from the high school in Fond du Lac, with honors.[3]

For several years after her graduation, she taught in the public school and gave lessons in music. At the same time, she wrote for the papers of her city, in one of which she had a regular department, besides furnishing several continued stories. Her poems and short sketches were published by various periodicals. When the Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia visited Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she was called upon and furnished the poem of welcome.[3]

A Few Thoughts For a Few Friends

In September, 1872, she married Charles A. Crawford, a banker of Traverse City, Michigan, and that place was her home for two years before her death, which occurred in September, 1874.[2] The year following an edition of her poems was issued in Chicago, and a second edition was published a few years later. She was survived by a daughter.[3]

References

Citations
  1. Western Historical Company 1880, p. 533.
  2. Adams 1899, p. 79.
  3. Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 215.

Attribution
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Adams, Oscar Fay (1899). A Dictionary of American Authors (Public domain ed.). Houghton, Mifflin.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Western Historical Company (1880). The History of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin (Public domain ed.). Chicago: Western Historical Company.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Charles Wells Moulton.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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