Elizabeth M. Olmsted

Elizabeth M. Olmsted
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Elizabeth Martha Allen December 31, 1825 (1825-12-31) Caledonia, New York, U.S.
Died	February 7, 1910 (1910-02-08) (aged 84) Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Machpelah Cemetery, Le Roy, New York
Occupation	Poet
Language	English
Notable works	Poems of the house, and other poems
Spouse	R. C Parker ​ ​ (m. 1862; died 1866)​
Relatives	Ethan Allen

Elizabeth M. Olmsted (née, Allen; December 31, 1825 – February 7, 1910) was an American poet of the long nineteenth century. Her poems were well known during the Civil War, and appeared in the newspapers and magazines of that period.^[1]