Famous Women | Poems

KATHARINE LEE BATESHer signed, handwritten poem "To The Old Year" Autograph Poem Signed: "Katharine Lee Bates", 1p, 7¾x5¾ lined sheet. Signed beneath the title, "To the Old Year". Eight lines of the poem.In full: "Auf wiedersehen! For we shall meet before/The Throne of God.

JULIA C. R. DORR Handwritten 6-line verse by the American poet and novelist Autograph Poem signed: "Julia C. R. Dorr", 1 page, 4½x7. The Maples, Rutland, Vermont, no date. Untitled 6-line

Unsigned, handwritten six-stanza poem Freedom's Home by author Sarah J. Hale. She is the author of Mary Had a Little Lamb and edited Godey's Lady's Book, the most popular women's magazine of its time. Handwritten poems by Hale are extremely rare!

BARBARA HOWES She signs her poem, "Sitting Around Travelling". Inscribed to a fan. Inscribed poem signed: "For Robert Searle/Greetings/Barbara Howes", in brown ink, 3 pages, 5x7 folded, 10x7. Her poem Sitting Around Travelling, Christmas 1980.

ERICA JONG The author signs on the inside of a card bearing one of her poems Poem signed: "Erica Jong", in purple ink, 10x7¾ open, 5x7¾ closed. Erica Jong's (b. 1942) first novel, Fear of Flying (1973), catapulted her to international fame as it was considered a liberating influence in the women's sexual revolution of the 1970s.

LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON A handwritten copy of her poem "Our Tryst", signed in black ink Autograph Poem signed: "Louise Chandler Moulton", 1p, 6¼x10. Her 4-verse poem titled "Our Tryst".

LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON A handwritten copy of her poem "We Lay Us Down to Sleep" written on her stationary, dated 1887 Autograph Poem Signed: "Louise Chandler Moulton", in black ink, 4½x7¼. January 11, 1887. Boston, Massachusetts. Her poem "We Lay Us Down to Sleep", written in black ink.

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX This handwritten segment of her poem “I Will be Worthy of It” is signed by the poet Autograph Poem signed: "Ella Wheeler Wilcox", 1p, 7¾x9½. Not titled. Two stanzas of her poem, "I Will Be Worthy Of It".