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Alice Mary Longfellow (September 22, 1850 – December 7, 1928) was a philanthropist, preservationist, and the eldest surviving daughter of the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. She is best known as "grave Alice" from her father's poem "The Children's Hour".
Alice Mary Longfellow was born 22 September 1850, the fourth child and eldest surviving daughter of Henry Wadsworth and Frances Appleton Longfellow. Immortalized as "Grave Alice" in her father's poem "The Children's Hour," she led a life characterized by a love of travel and a strong interest in education and American history. As a child, Alice ...
Alice Mary Longfellow Papers, Incoming Correspondence. Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters NHS. Why, then, did Alice not devote more of her money and her voice to support suffrage? It is important to recognize that women’s issues were not a monolith.
His daughter Alice Mary Longfellow (1850-1928) posed as a young Evangeline in Breton costume between her two sisters. The Thomas Buchanan Read portrait of his daughters was produced as a carte-de-visite as well as a print in response to its popularity as a representation of the “blue-eyed bandetti” in “The Children’s Hour.”
In 1879 (at the age of 29), Alice Mary Longfellow was elected the second Vice Regent for Massachusetts of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. The position had been vacant since the resignation of Mrs. Horatio Greenough in 1865, and Alice immediately went to work on behalf of her state.
Alice Mary Longfellow Papers. Born in Nash County, North Carolina, Arrington described her family home as "a two story log house with four rooms, not including the kitchen," on a "three horse farm."
Alice Mary Longfellow Papers (1007) The papers of Alice Longfellow (1850-1928), the daughter of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, reveal her interest in and support of historic preservation and education, including work with Radcliffe College, the Tuskegee and Hampton Institutes, and the Mount Vernon Ladies Association.
