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Edith May
Edith May was the pen name of Anne Drinker (3 December 1827 – 23 February 1903), an American writer of verse and other matter for literary journals and magazines. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she summered in Montrose, Pennsylvania, Montrose where she resided chiefly during most of her life. In her early days, she was an esteemed member of society in Philadelphia, New York City, and Washington, D.C. For ten years, she was confined against her will in a state lunatic asylum. Persisting on her behalf, and with the passage of improved legislation, she was released and became a recluse. Early life and education Anne (or Anna or Annie) Drinker (or Drinkwater) was born in Philadelphia, December 3, 1827. Her parents were Joseph D. Drinker (1796-1881), a wealthy Philadelphia merchant, and Eleanor/Elinor Skyrin Drinker (died 1877), daughter of John and Ann (Drinker) Skyrin, a land owner. May was the eldest of eight children, including the siblings Joseph ("Joe"), Charles Frances, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Americans, English Quakers, Quaker and advocate of Freedom of religion, religious freedom, and served as the capital of the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and American Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
