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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.
This work was dedicated to Anne Spencer, Baroness Mounteagle. [9] The 1591 version is a revision of the original. Its inclusion was taken at the time to be the reason Complaints was rapidly banned. The beast fable aspect was understood as an evident allegory of the position at court of Lord Burleigh, in the character of the Fox.
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
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.
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 (1882–1975), poet; Aurin Squire (born 1979), producer, playwright, screenwriter and reporter; Theophilus Gould Steward (1843–1924) Maria W. Stewart (1803–1879), journalist, lecturer, abolitionist, women's rights activist; Jeffrey C. Stewart (born 1950), professor and Pulitzer prize winner; Nic Stone (born 1985)