Louise Vickroy Boyd (January 2, 1827 – July 25, 1909) was an American writer. She was born Louise Esther Vickroy in

Urbana, Ohio Urbana is a city in and the county seat of Champaign County, Ohio, United States, west of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus. Urbana was laid out in 1805, and for a time in 1812 was the headquarters of the Northwestern army during the War of 1812. It is t ...

and moved to

Ferndale, Pennsylvania Ferndale is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,636 at the 2010 census, down from 1,834 at the 2000 census. Geography Ferndale i ...

. She was educated in Lancaster and

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. She taught school until September 1865 when she married Dr. S.S. Boyd and settled in

Dublin, Indiana Dublin is a town in Jackson Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 679 at the 2020 census. History Dublin was laid out and platted in 1830. It is named after the city of Dublin in Ireland. A post office has been ...

. She was an advocate for

women's suffrage Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...

and

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. Her husband died in 1888. Boyd wrote her first poem in 1851. She contributed to ''

The Little Pilgrim ''The Little Pilgrim'' (1853–1869) was a monthly children’s magazine, published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Leander K. Lippincott, and edited by his wife, Sara Jane Lippincott, working under the pseudonym Grace Greenwood. The magazine ...

'', as well as ''

The Knickerbocker ''The Knickerbocker'', or ''New-York Monthly Magazine'', was a literary magazine of New York City, founded by Charles Fenno Hoffman in 1833, and published until 1865. Its long-term editor and publisher was Lewis Gaylord Clark, whose "Editor's Ta ...

'', ''

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'', '' Appletons' Journal'', '' Graham's Magazine'', the '' New-York Tribune'', the ''Cincinnati Gazette'', the ''

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'' and other publications. Several of her poems were translated into German, including four translated by the German-American author

Karl Knortz Karl Knortz (28 August 1841 Garbenheim, Rhenish Prussia – 27 July 1918 North Tarrytown, New York) was a German-American author. Biography He was educated at the gymnasium of Wetzlar, and the University of Heidelberg. He emigrated to the Unit ...

. She also published stories for children and essays. Boyd died at her sister's home in Ada, Ohio and was buried in Dublin.

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