Maie Dove Day | |
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Born | Maie Dove November 25, 1847
Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | March 3, 1923 | (aged 75)
Resting place | Green Hill Cemetery |
Occupation | Writer |
Spouse | William Chilton Day |
Maie Dove Day (November 25, 1847 – March 3, 1923) was an American author and poet in post-Civil War Virginia.
Maie Dove was born in 1847 in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Samuel E. Dove and Ann Eliza Ricks. [1] [2]
In 1872, she married William Chilton Day, a former assistant surgeon in the Confederate States Army and president of the Virginia State Medical Association. Their family resided in Danville, Virginia. [1]
Day authored several works which were published in the 1890s. [3] [4] Her book of poetry The Blended Flags, written during the Spanish–American War, has remained in circulation and is in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. [5] [6]
Day was a charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and served as historian for the Danville chapter. [2] [7] She was a delegate to the organizations' 21st continental congress in 1912. [8]
Day's works have been regarded by historians as an insight into post-Civil War southern womanhood. [9] [5] [10]
Maie Dove Day | |
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Born | Maie Dove November 25, 1847
Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | March 3, 1923 | (aged 75)
Resting place | Green Hill Cemetery |
Occupation | Writer |
Spouse | William Chilton Day |
Maie Dove Day (November 25, 1847 – March 3, 1923) was an American author and poet in post-Civil War Virginia.
Maie Dove was born in 1847 in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Samuel E. Dove and Ann Eliza Ricks. [1] [2]
In 1872, she married William Chilton Day, a former assistant surgeon in the Confederate States Army and president of the Virginia State Medical Association. Their family resided in Danville, Virginia. [1]
Day authored several works which were published in the 1890s. [3] [4] Her book of poetry The Blended Flags, written during the Spanish–American War, has remained in circulation and is in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. [5] [6]
Day was a charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and served as historian for the Danville chapter. [2] [7] She was a delegate to the organizations' 21st continental congress in 1912. [8]
Day's works have been regarded by historians as an insight into post-Civil War southern womanhood. [9] [5] [10]