CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES ROGÉ A woman of the century (page 628 crop)

Charlotte Fiske Bates (, Bates; after marriage, Rogé;

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, Mme. Rogé; November 30, 1838 – September 1, 1916) was an American writer, critic, and educator.

Biography

Charlotte Bates was born in

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as the youngest of six children. Her father, Hervey Bates, died when she was an infant, causing her mother, Eliza Endicott Bates, to relocate the family to

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. After public education and private tutoring, Bates accepted a position at the Salisbury School for Young Ladies as an instructor of

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in September 1888. In 1879 she published ''Risks and Other Poems'', which contained about 120

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, including ten

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, ten

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include "Paul Revere's Ride", ''The Song of Hiawatha'', and ''Evangeline''. He was the first American to completely transl ...

's anthology ''Poems of Places'') and five

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. She also contributed many articles to magazines, and edited the ''Longfellow Birthday Book'' (1881), ''Seven Voices of Sympathy'' (1881), and the ''Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song'' (1882). In editing the first-named works she cooperated with Longfellow, whom she also assisted in compiling his ''Poems of Places''. She was mentioned by Dr. Franklin Johnson in his

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of Longfellow in 1882. In 1891 she married M. Adolphe Rogé, who died in 1896 of

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, three months before their five-year anniversary.

Published works

Author

*''Risks and Other Poems'' (1879) *"The Heart's Easter" (1902) *"Solace" (1894)

Editor

*''Longfellow Birthday Book'' (1881) *''Seven Voices of Sympathy'' (1881) *''Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song'' (1882) *''Poems of Places'' (1879)

References

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