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Anne Bethel Spencer (born Bannister; February 6, 1882 – July 27, 1975) was an American poet, teacher, civil rights activist, librarian, and gardener.She was a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, despite living in Virginia for most of her life, far from the center of the movement in New York.
Anne's second husband died in 1589. A revised version of Edmund Spenser's poem, "Mother Hubberd's Tale", published in 1590, was dedicated to Anne as "the Lady Compton and Mountegle". [3] Anne married the future earl on 4 December 1592, a year after the death of his first wife, the former Lady Margaret Howard. Whereas his first marriage had been ...
Anne Spencer was the first Virginian and first African-American to have her poetry included in the Norton Anthology of American Poetry.She was also a committed activist for equal rights, and her house also served as a political center of the community.
Anne Spencer (1882–1975) Katherine Susannah Prichard (1882–1969) ... Maya Angelou reciting her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's ...
The Book of American Negro Poetry is a 1922 poetry anthology that was compiled by James Weldon Johnson. The first edition, published in 1922, was "the first of its kind ever published" [1] and included the works of thirty-one poets. A second edition was released in 1931 with works by nine additional poets.
Anne Spencer (1882–1975), was an American poet. Anne Spencer may also refer to: Ann Spencer (artist) (1918–1999), American modern artist; Ann Hunt Spencer, American artist; Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (1683–1716) Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (died 1715) (c. 1646–1715)
Anne Spencer was pronounced dead at 9.55pm. Ms Clarke confirmed Mrs Spencer’s medical cause of death as aspiration pneumonia, hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury and near drowning.
Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001) was an American writer and aviatrix. She was the wife of decorated pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh, with whom she made many exploratory flights. Raised in Englewood, New Jersey, and later New York City, Anne Morrow graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, in