Marion Couthouy Smith

Summary

Marion Couthouy Smith (1853–1931) was a poet from the United States. She published three books of poetry between 1906 and 1918 and individual poems through the Harper's Magazine, Century Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, and The New England Magazine.

Marion Couthoy Smith
A photo of Marion Couthoy Smith taken for the Chicago World's Fair, originally published in The Congress of Women: Held in the Woman's Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U. S. A., 1893. Chicago, Ill: Monarch Book Company, 1894.
A photo of Marion Couthoy Smith taken for the Chicago World's Fair, originally published in The Congress of Women: Held in the Woman's Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U. S. A., 1893. Chicago, Ill: Monarch Book Company, 1894.
Born1853[1]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]
Died1931
OccupationAuthor, poet
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenrePoetry
RelativesHenry Pratt, of Philadelphia (father)[2]
Maria Couthouy Williams (mother)[2]

Biography edit

Marion Couthouy Smith was born in 1853[1] the daughter of Henry Pratt of Philadelphia (father)[2] and Maria Couthouy Williams.[2] She graduated 1871 from Miss A. M. Anable's school in Philadelphia.[1][2]

Books edit

  • Chorister No. 13, a poem, cover by Lee Baker, James Pott & Company, Publishers, c1891.[1][3]
  • A Working Woman published in serial in The Living Church[2]
  • Dr. Marks, Socialist, 1897 Online text
  • The Electric Spirit and Other Poems, 1906 Online text
  • The Road of Life and Other Poems, 1909 Online text
  • The Final Star, poems, 1918 Online text

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Annual Report of the State Librarian of New Jersey for the Year 1895. Trenton, New Jersey: The John L. Murphy Publishing Company. 1896. p. 54.
  2. ^ a b c d e f The Congress of Women, Held in the Women's Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, USA 1893. Kansas City, Missouri: Thompson and Hood. 1894. p. 616.
  3. ^ Book News, volume 9, No. 100. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John Wanamaker. 1891. p. xvi. Chorister No. 13.

External links edit

  • Pages with poems from Harpers Magazine
  • Her poem, The City
  • Her poem, Chicago, with biography for Chicago Worlds Fair