Penina Moise

Penina Moise (April 23, 1797 - September 13, 1880) was an American poet.

Life
Moise was born, and lived and died, in Charleston South Carolina. She was the child of French parents of the Jewish faith, who came to Charleston from the island of St. Eustatius in 1791.

She went to work at 12 to support her family when her father died. She studied on the side, developing her literacy and scholarship, and began her voluminous writing output in 1830.

She was the author of hymns used in Jewish religious services, contributed verses to the Home Journal, the Washington Union, and other publications, and published Fancy's Sketch-Book (Charleston, 1833), a book of poems, and Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations (1856), a compilation for her synagogue, Beth Elohim.