LC control no. | n 80008570 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | PS3310-PS3313 |
Personal name heading | Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919 |
Variant(s) | Wheeler, Ella, 1850-1919 |
Located | Madison (Wis.) |
Birth date | 1850-11-05 |
Death date | 1919-10-30 |
Place of birth | Johnstown (Wis.) |
Profession or occupation | Women authors Women poets |
Found in | NUCMC data from Library of Congress, Manuscript Div. for Kilmer, J. Papers, 1910-1941 (Ella Wheeler Wilcox) English Wikipedia website, viewed May 2, 2012 (Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Nov. 5, 1850--Oct. 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was " Solitude", which contains the lines: "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone". Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death; b. in Johnstown, Wis., east of Janesville; lived in Madison, Wis.; d. Oct. 30, 1919) |