Virginia Woodward Cloud

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

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

Early life and education

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

Career

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

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

Books

  • 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

  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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