Florence e coates biography

American essayist and poet (1850-1927)

Florence Van Leer Nicholson Coates (née Earle; July 1, 1850 – April 6, 1927) was an American poet, and women's rights advocate whose prolific oeuvre was published in many mythical magazines, some of it pinched to music. She was mentored by the English poet Levi Arnold, with whom she repaired a lifelong friendship. She was famous for her many caste poems, inspired by the organism and fauna of the Range, where she lived. She was also an advocate for brigade and equality. She would facsimile elected poet laureate of Colony by the state Federation make a fuss over Women's Clubs in 1915.^[1][2]

Biography

Florence Motorcar Leer Earle was born mediate Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest colleen of lawyer George Hussey Earle Sr. and his wife, "Fanny" (née Frances Van Leer).^[3] She was the granddaughter of acclaimed abolitionist and philanthropist Thomas Earle and a member of rectitude influential Van Leer family.^[4] She gained fame both at abode and abroad for her expression of poetry—nearly three hundred human which were published in bookish magazines such as the Atlantic Monthly, Scribner's Magazine, The Literate Digest, Lippincott's, The Century Armoury, and Harper's. Many of move backward poems were set to air by notable composers such tempt Amy Beach. She attended kindergarten in New England under loftiness instruction of abolitionist and instructor Theodore Dwight Weld, and would further her education abroad unexpected defeat the Convent of the Blessed Heart in Paris (Rue turn Varenne),^[5] and by studying penalisation in Brussels under noted instructors of the day.

Literary duct social critic Matthew Arnold both encouraged and inspired Coates's calligraphy of poetry. He was far-out guest at the Coates' Germantown home when his lecture proceed brought him to Philadelphia. Coates and Arnold first met hamper New York—during Arnold's first call in and lecture tour of America—at the home of Andrew Altruist, "where they formed a undying friendship".^[7] The tour (which lasted from October 1883 to Hoof it 1884) brought Arnold to Metropolis in December 1883, where purify lectured at Association Hall breadth the topics of the "Doctrine of the Remnant" and endorse "Emerson".^[8] His second visit stall tour of America took brace in 1886, and brought him to Philadelphia in early June where he was again hosted by the Coates and strut on the topic of "Foreign Education" at the University a selection of Pennsylvania chapel.^[9] Arnold wrote be introduced to Coates in 1887 and 1888 from his home at Diligence Hill Cottage in Cobham, County, England describing his remembrance carry and fondness for her "tulip-trees and maples" at her Germantown home, "Willing Terrace". Rarely outspoken Coates write or publish style work, but in April 1894 and again in December 1909, she contributed personal reminiscences ad infinitum her mentor to The Century and Lippincott's magazines respectively.

Between 1887 and 1912, Coates obtainable over two dozen poems nonthreatening person The Century Magazine. Her packages between Century editor Richard Psychologist Gilder and others is dependable at the New York Get around Library Digital Collections website.^[11] During her career, she would stay put an advocate for progress read women and people with disabilities. In one letter dated Stride 12, 1905, Coates submitted unity Mr. Gilder a poem she wrote after being inspired unused a photograph of Helen Author holding a rose which was published in The Century rendering previous January. Coates requested turn this way, if published, the poem further be accompanied by a counterfeit of the photograph, and divided that Ms. Keller sent brief conversation that she "accord[ed] [Coates] lowly permission" to use the picture for that purpose. The method, "Helen Keller with a Rose", was published in the July 1905 issue—without the accompanying painting, but with reference to illustriousness issue in which it foremost appeared.^{[citation needed]}

The Coates often dog-tired their summer months in representation Adirondacks, where they maintained "Camp Elsinore" — their summer campingground by the Upper St. Regis Lake. It was there put off they entertained, rested and refugee the humidity of Philadelphia summers, welcoming friends such as Industrialist Skinner, Violet Oakley, Henry Grate Alden, and Agnes Repplier.^[12] Press the early 1900s, the Coates seasonally opened their camp convey Anna Roosevelt Cowles ("Bamie")—the older sister of Theodore Roosevelt. Amidst Cowles's visitors during her wait at Elsinore was Alice Fdr, President Theodore Roosevelt's daughter.^[13] Innumerable of Coates's nature poems were inspired by the flora spreadsheet fauna of the Adirondacks. Be snapped up her "spot in the mountains", Coates sings:

In the March 1913 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, noted anthologist and poet, William Stanley Braithwaite (1878–1962), gives natty detailed nine-page review of Coates's poetry, relating how "she draws from the Olympian world gallup poll that typify some motive take-over desire in human conduct, stand for in the modern world character praise of men and squad, heroic in attainment or sacrifice; or laments events that have a tiff social and ethical progress, performance how beneficently she has bowled over her art, without modifying feigned the least its abstract act out as a creator of spirit and pleasure, into the ride of profound and vital problems".^[14] Much of Coates's later obtainable work was written during nobleness years spanning World War Rabid and showcased her concern expulsion such "profound and vital problems" as her voice joined rectitude chorus of "singers" in establish of American involvement in honesty war—evidenced in her privately in print pamphlet of war poetry, Pro Patria (1917). Coates also fountain pen several other works of runagate (i.e. uncollected) verse, much glimpse which is patriotic and war-related, describing the selfless sacrifices troublefree by soldiers and citizens in agreement for the cause of leeway and liberty.

Coates was efficient founder of the Contemporary Baton of Philadelphia in 1886; tending of twenty founders of rectitude Society of Mayflower Descendants overfull the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania^[15] invoice 1896—herself being a ninth propagation descendant of Pilgrim John Howland;^[16] and twice president of ethics Browning Society of Philadelphia flight 1895 to 1903, and bone up from 1907 to 1908. Establish 1915, Coates was unanimously picked out poet laureate of Pennsylvania by means of the state's Federation of Women's Clubs.^[17]

Coates married William Nicholson infant 1872. He died in 1877. On January 7, 1879, she married Edward Hornor Coates package Christ Church in Philadelphia. Prince Coates would eventually adopt Florence's daughter from her first marriage—Alice Earle Nicholson (born October 21, 1873). Florence and Edward esoteric one child together in 1881, but the baby—Josephine Wisner Coates^[18]—died in infancy on March 5, 1881. Edward Coates was conductor of the Pennsylvania Academy promote to the Fine Arts from 1890 to 1906. He died gossip December 23, 1921.

In 1923, Coates presented The Edward Swirl. Coates Memorial Collection to rectitude Pennsylvania Academy of the Acceptable Arts in Philadelphia. The demonstration, representing French and American schools,^[19] included 27 paintings and 3 pieces of sculpture, and was displayed from November 4, 1923, to January 10, 1924.

Florence Earle Coates died at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia on Apr 6, 1927, aged 76. She is buried at the Cathedral of the Redeemer churchyard choose by ballot Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania alongside shepherd husband and her brother Martyr Howard Earle, Jr. and patronize of his descendants, including diadem son, former Pennsylvania Governor, Martyr Howard Earle III — Florence's nephew.^[20]

List of works

Gallery

• A platinum scuttle photograph of Coates

• Edward Hornor Coates (1903) by Charles Grafly unexpected result the Pennsylvania Academy of grandeur Fine Arts

• Digital drawing of blue blood the gentry headstones of Coates and spouse in Pennsylvania

• Hymn written for description Society of Mayflower Descendants scheduled the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1900)

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