Helen Hinsdale Rich

Helen Hinsdale Rich (, Hinsdale; June 18, 1827 - September 4, 1915), known as "The Poet of the Adirondacks", was a 19th-century American writer of poetry. She wrote and lectured in the causes of temperance and women's rights. She was the first woman of northern New York to embrace woman suffrage. Her poetry appeared in the Springfield ''Republican'', Boston ''Transcript'', the ''Overland Monthly'', and other prominent journals. Her volume of poems, ''A Dream of the Adirondacks, and Other Poems'' (New York City, 1884), was compiled by Charles G. Whiting. Her ''Madame de Stael'' had the endorsement of eminent scholars as a literary lecture. Her "Grand Armies" was considered a brilliant Memorial Day address. She excelled in poems of affection. Her "Justice in Leadville", in the style of Bret Harte, was pronounced by ''The Spectator'' to be worthy of that poet or of John Hay. Rich died in 1915. Provided by Wikipedia