Helen Hinsdale Rich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Helen Hinsdale Rich

19th-century American writer

Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1827

Place of Birth: Antwerp, New York, United States

Date of Death: 04-Sep-1915

Profession: writer, poet, suffragette

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Helen Hinsdale Rich (June 18, 1827 - September 4, 1915), known as "The Poet of the Adirondacks", was a 19th-century American writer of poetry.
She wrote and lectured in the causes of temperance and women's rights.
She was the first woman of northern New York to embrace woman suffrage.Her poetry appeared in the Springfield "Republican," Boston "Transcript," the "Overland Monthly" and other prominent journals.
Her volume of poems, A Dream of the Adirondacks, and Other Poems (New York City, 1884), was compiled by Charles G.
Whiting.
Her Madame de Stael had the endorsement of eminent scholars as a literary lecture.
Her "Grand Armies" was considered a brilliant Memorial Day address.
She excelled in poems of affection.
Her "Justice in Leadville," in the style of Bret Harte, was pronounced by The Spectator to be worthy of that poet or of John Hay.