Grace Hodsdon Boutelle (March 27, 1869 - August 25, 1957)[1] was an American poet and journalist.[2]
Grace Hodsdon Boutelle (1869-1957). Courtesy Bangor Daily News.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Boutelle was born in Bangor, Maine, the oldest of 3 daughters of Sarah (Hodsdon) and Congressman Charles A. Boutelle.
She was educated in Bangor schools, and occasionally wrote for her father's newspaper, the Bangor Whig & Courier.
Career[]
Butelle served as her father's Washington hostess after her mother died, and nursed him on his deathbed before his death in 1901.[2]
In 1902, Boutelle became a writer for the Boston Transcript. The following year she moved to London, where she wrote for both American and British newspapers as well as for the theatre.[2]
In England Boutelle joined the suffragist movement, and was imprisoned for a time in 1909 for suffragist activities.[2]
She is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor.[1]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grace Boutelle, Find a Grave. Web, May 25, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Wayne E. Reilly, "Bangor Suffragette Jailed in London, Bangor Daily News, August 23, 2010. Web, May 25, 2010.
External links[]
- Poems
- "It Vanished" in Poetry: A magazine of verse, 1912-1922
- About
- "Bangor Suffragette Jailed in London," Bangor Daily News
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