Emily Gillmore Alden | |
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Born | January 21, 1834 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | June 6, 1914 Boston |
Pen name | E. G. A. |
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Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Partner | Harriet Newell Haskell |
Relatives | John Alden |
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Emily Gillmore Alden (pen name, E. G. A.; January 21, 1834 – June 6, 1914) was an American author and educator. For forty years, Alden was a member of the faculty of Monticello Seminary, and for nearly fifty years, the poet of the school. Alden wrote the commencement day poems for Monticello every year since she entered the institution.[1] Harriet Newell Haskell : a span of sunshine gold was published in 1908 and Poems by Emily Gillmore Alden was published in 1909.