Violet McDougal (1893–1989) was an American poet. She was the first poet laureate of the state of
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
, serving from 1923 to 1931.
Biography
McDougal was born in
Tennessee
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, 1893.
She attended the
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...
, the
University of Missouri
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, and
Columbia University
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. She went on to publish poems in ''
The New York Times
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'' as well as in ''The Daily Oklahoman''.
McDougal was appointed by Governor
Jack C. Walton
John Calloway Walton (March 6, 1881 – November 25, 1949) was an American politician and the fifth governor of Oklahoma. He served the shortest term of any Governor of Oklahoma, being the first Governor in the state's history to be removed from ...
in 1923.
Her book, ''Wandering Fires: Poems'' (with her sister, Mary McDougal) was published in
Boston
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by Stratford, in 1925. McDougal died in 1989.
See also
*
Poets Laureate of Oklahoma
The Poet Laureate of Oklahoma is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
List of Poets Laureate
* Violet McDougal – 1923–1931
* Paul Kroeger – 1931–1940
*Jennie Harris Oliver – 1940–1942
* Della Ione Young – 1943–1 ...
References
1893 births
1989 deaths
University of Oklahoma alumni
Poets Laureate of Oklahoma
Columbia University alumni
University of Missouri alumni
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