Phoebe Cary

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1850 portrait of Phoebe Cary in New York City which hangs in her childhood home in North College Hill, Ohio
1850 portrait of Phoebe Cary in New York City which hangs in her childhood home in North College Hill, Ohio

Phoebe Cary (September 4, 1824 - July 31, 1871) with her older sister Alice Cary co-published poems in 1849. They lived on the Clovernook farm in North College Hill, Ohio. While the sisters were raised in a Universalist household and held political and religious views that were liberal and reformist, they often attended Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist services and were friendly with ministers of all these denominations and others.[1]

While they occasionally attended school, the sisters were often needed to work at home and so were largely self-educated. More outgoing than her sister, Phoebe was a champion of women's rights and for a short time edited The Revolution, a newspaper published by Susan B. Anthony.[1]

The sisters went to live in New York. Afterwards Phoebe published three volumes on her own without her sister. Her lyrics appeared in many church hymnals, on Sunday School cards, and in household scrapbooks. "Nearer Home," was often sung at funerals, including Alice's and her own.[1] Her burial was in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

[edit] Works

Cary Cottage, childhood home of Alice and Phoebe Cary near Cincinnati, Ohio
Cary Cottage, childhood home of Alice and Phoebe Cary near Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Poems and Parodies (Ticknor, Reed & Fields, Boston 1854)
  • Poems of Faith, Hope, and Love (1868)
  • Hymns for all Christians (1868, edited by Phoebe Cary)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c June Edwards. "The Cary Sisters". Accessed Nov. 29, 2007.

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