Anna Olcott Commelin (1841 – July 1, 1924) was an American writer and poet.

Early life and career

Commelin was born in

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, where she also attended the

Brooklyn Heights Seminary The Brooklyn Heights Seminary was a private school in Brooklyn, New York. Early history The Brooklyn Heights Seminary was founded by Alonzo Gray in 1851. It was an offshoot of the Brooklyn Female Academy (est. 1845), which eventually became the ...

. She wrote poems for ''Index'', the ''Open Court'', the ''Christian Register'', and the magazine ''Woman''. Commelin published a small collection of her poems in 1889. In 1913, she wrote an article for ''

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'' about the rights of women. She wrote the story ''Not In It'' which is about her belief that the rich should help the poor. Her poems ''To My Valentine'' and ''Easter Glory'' were printed and bound with decorated covers that are tied with either a cord or ribbon. An 1895 review by ''

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'' of her work ''Of Such is the Kingdom of Heaven and other poems'' stated, "The volume is a rare exhibition of bookmaking art in the six essentials of beauty, paper, type, binding, cover, and design".

Death

Commelin died on July 1, 1924, and left behind an estate that was estimated as worth more than $5,000. Her sister and brother received the estate, with her daughter-in-law receiving the right to publish her poems and manuscripts.

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1841 births 1924 deaths American women poets American women journalists Poets from New York City Journalists from Brooklyn {{US-poet-1840s-stub