Virginia Woodward Cloud

Virginia Woodward Cloud (1861 – April 4, 1938) was an American writer.

Virginia Woodward Cloud
Virginia Woodward Cloud circa 1913
Born1861 Edit this on Wikidata
Baltimore Edit this on Wikidata
DiedApril 4, 1938 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 76–77)
Baltimore Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationWriter, poet Edit this on Wikidata

Early life and education

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Virginia Woodward Cloud was born in 1861 in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Maria (Woodward) and Daniel Cloud, a banker.[1][2]

Career

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Cloud's writing career began in 1893.[3] She was literary editor of the Baltimore News from 1906 to 1914 and a member of the board of the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore.[3][4]

Cloud wrote poetry and short stories, some of which were about the colonial and revolutionary eras in American history.[2][5] Some of her poems were written in "Negro dialect".[2] She published in Harper's Magazine, The Century Magazine, and Atlantic Monthly.[2][5]

Personal life

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Cloud was friends with Lizette Woodworth Reese.[2] She died on April 4, 1938, aged 76 or 77, in Baltimore.[5]

Books

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  • Down Durley Lane and Other Ballads (1898)[4]
  • A Reed by the River (1902)[4]
  • From an Old Garden (1922)[6]
  • Candlelight (1924)[6]
  • The Collected Poems of Virginia Woodward Cloud (1939)[6]

References

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  1. ^ Davis, Gwenn; Joyce, Beverly A., eds. (1991). Poetry by Women to 1900: A Bibliography of American and British Writers. University of Toronto Press. p. 55. ISBN 0-8020-5966-X. OCLC 23143262.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Virginia W. Cloud, Noted Poet, Is Dead". Baltimore Sun. April 5, 1938. pp. 22, 5 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge. Vol. 7. New York: American Corp. 1932. p. 129. OCLC 1033594067.
  4. ^ a b c Musgrove, Eugene Richard (1923). Poems of New Jersey: An Anthology. New York: Gregg Publishing Company. p. 427. OCLC 1050811144.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ a b c "Baltimore Poet Taken by Death". The Evening Sun. Hanover, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1938. p. 6 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b c Reardon, Joan; Thorsen, Kristine A. (1979). Poetry by American Women, 1900–1975: A Bibliography. Scarecrow Press. p. 72. ISBN 0-8108-1173-1. OCLC 4211244.

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