Minnie Gow Walsworth (July 25, 1859 – June 25, 1947) was an American poet.

Biography

Mary Murdock Gow was born in

Dixon, Illinois Dixon is a city and the county seat of Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,733 as of the 2010 census, down from 15,941 in 2000. The city is named after founder John Dixon, who operated a rope ferry service across the R ...

, July 25, 1859. Her family was one of the earliest to settle in

western Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania is a region in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, covering the western third of the state. Pittsburgh is the region's principal city, with a metropolitan area population of about 2.4 million people, and serves as its economic ...

. Her family's ancestors included people of literary and professional pursuits. Her grandfather, John L. Gow, of

Washington, Pennsylvania Washington is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Pennsylvania. A part of the Greater Pittsburgh area in the southwestern part of the state, the city is home to Washington & Jefferson College and Pony League baseball. The populat ...

, was a writer of poetry and prose. Her father, Alex M. Gow, was a prominent educator and editor in

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

and

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

. He was the author of "Good Morals and Gentle Manners," a book used in the public schools of the U.S. Before Minnie was ten years of age, her poetic productions were numerous and showed a precocious imagination and unusual grace of expression. Minnie's sister, Sybil, was also a poet. Walsworth was a graduate of Washington Female Seminary. On December 4, 1891, she married Edgar Douglas Walsworth, of

Fontanelle, Iowa Fontanelle is a city in Summerset Township, Adair County, Iowa, United States. The population was 676 at the time of the 2020 census. History Fontanelle was platted in 1855, by New York state native James C. Gibbs (1820–1907),''Adair County Hi ...

, to which place she had removed with her family a few years previous. She was a contributor to the ''

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'', ''Interior'', ''

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'', ''Literary Life'', ''Presbyterian Banner'', and other periodicals. Her works appeared in several newspapers, such as ''Iowa County Democrat'', ''Los Angeles Herald''. ''News-Journal'', "Luaine", a poem, contained her most mature and careful work. Minnie Gow Walsworth died June 25, 1947.

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