Marion Couthouy Smith
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![]() A photo of Marion Couthoy Smith taken for the Chicago World's Fair, originally published in The Congress of Women: Held in the Woman's Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U. S. A., 1893. Chicago, Ill: Monarch Book Company, 1894. | |
| Born | October 22, 1853 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | November 19, 1931 (aged 78) New York, New York, US |
| Occupation | Author, poet |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
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Marion Couthouy Smith (1853–1931) was a poet from the United States. She published three books of poetry between 1906 and 1918 and individual poems through the Harper's Magazine, Century Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, and The New England Magazine.
Biography
Marion Couthouy Smith was born in Philadelphia on October 22, 1853 the daughter of Henry Pratt and Maria Couthouy Williams.[1][2] She graduated 1871 from Miss A. M. Anable's school in Philadelphia.[1][2]
She died in New York City on November 19, 1931.[3]
Books
- Chorister No. 13, a poem, cover by Lee Baker, James Pott & Company, Publishers, c. 1891.[1][4]
- A Working Woman published in serial in The Living Church[2]
- Dr. Marks, Socialist, 1897
- The Electric Spirit and Other Poems, 1906
- The Road of Life and Other Poems, 1909
- The Final Star, poems, 1918
References
- ^ a b c Annual Report of the State Librarian of New Jersey for the Year 1895. Trenton, New Jersey: The John L. Murphy Publishing Company. 1896. p. 54.
- ^ a b c The Congress of Women, Held in the Women's Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, USA 1893. Kansas City, Missouri: Thompson and Hood. 1894. p. 616.
- ^ "Deaths of the Day". The Scranton Times. New York. November 20, 1931. p. 2. Retrieved September 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Book News, volume 9, No. 100. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John Wanamaker. 1891. p. xvi.
Chorister No. 13.
External links
- Pages with poems from Harpers Magazine
- Her poem, The City
- Her poem, Chicago, with biography for Chicago Worlds Fair
