Notes is exactly "<em>A Woman of the Century</em> lists her first name as Lillian, but her T<em>he Sleeping World and Other Poems</em> lists it as Lillien."
Author and lawyer Lillian Blanche Fearing was born in Davenport, Iowa, on November 27, 1863. Despite being blind from birth, Lillian achieved much during her lifetime. Lillian's obituary in the Rock Island Argus notes, in part:"At the age of 8 she…