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<em>A Woman of the Century Women</em>
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<em>Women in Willard and Livermore's A Woman of the Century</em>
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McMaster, MaryKate
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Cerqueira, Danielle
Chaisson, Jackie
Cook, Brittany N.
Diallo, Binta
Del Vecchio, Lauren
Ellis, Mallory
Hoops, Katharine
McMaster, MaryKate
Miller, Robbin
Morrissey, Carla B.
Morrissey, Margaret
Mushinsky, Jackie
Osher, Alana
Parton, Katy
Ravitz, Amy
Skoog, Susan
Tirone, Trish
Vezeau, Keith
Williamson, Emily
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McMaster, MaryKate
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/womanofcenturyfo00will/page/566/mode/2up?q=Perry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">567</a>
Name in WOC
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PERRY, Miss Nora
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Perry, Elenora
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Perry, Nora, 1831-1896
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<a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no97034793/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Perry, Nora 1831-1896</a>
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Female
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1831
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1831-1840
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Dudley, MA
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MA
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American
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Single
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No
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Poet
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Writing/Publishing
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Author, adolescent short-stories
Poet
Newspaper Correspondent
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Boston Radical Club
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ATLANTIC MONTHLY
HARPER'S MAGAZINE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
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Dudley, MA; Providence, RI; Boston, MA; Lexington, MA
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Ward 2, Providence, RI
Russell House: 1520 Massachusetts Avenue at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Woburn Street, Lexington, MA
Personal Network
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Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892
Curtis, George William, 1824-1892
Hay, John M.
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921
Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
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May 13, 1896
Bibliography
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<li><a href=" https://archive.org/details/womansstoryastol00holliala/page/n143/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Holloway, Laura C. <em>The Woman's Story : As Told By Twenty American Women / With Portraits And Sketches Of The Authors By Laura C. Holloway.</em> New York: J.B. Alden, 1889 ." </a>In Internet Archive</li>
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<li>"Poets' Homes. Pen And Pencil Sketches Of American Poets And Their Homes : Gilman, Arthur, 1837-1909 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive, 1879, https://archive.org/details/poetshomespenpen00gilm/page/138/mode/2up.</li>
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<li>Ticknor, C. (1903). A New England singer. The Lamp, 26 (5), 363-374. https://books.google.com/books?id=vYMyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA363&lpg=PA363&dq=%22A+New+England+Singer%22+Caroline+Ticknor&source=bl&ots=mkC-36Qh54&sig=ACfU3U028ey6Pmc0VJqZm11IHB4WFS-tNw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwistfqOw9ruAhVZa80KHTBUDaUQ6AEwDnoECBAQAg#v=onepage&q=%22A%20New%20England%20Singer%22%20Caroline%20Ticknor&f=false</li>
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<li><a href="https://archive.org/details/afw0643.0001.001.umich.edu/page/62/mode/2up?q=Perry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ticknor, Caroline. <em>Glimpses of Authors</em>. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1922. </a>In Internet Archive</li>
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<li>Boston Daily Advertiser. "Nora Perry". 1896, pp. vol. 167, no. 116, pg. 2, Accessed 8 Feb 2021. Gale Document Number: GALE|GT3007021409</li>
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<li> <i>Chicago daily tribune. [volume]</i><span> </span>(Chicago, Ill.), 13 Feb. 1875.<span> </span><i>Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers</i>. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84031492/1875-02-13/ed-1/seq-4/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84031492/1875-02-13/ed-1/seq-4/</a>></li>
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<li><i>Ashtabula weekly telegraph </i>(Ashtabula, Ohio), 06 Aug. 1880. <i>Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers</i>. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88078581/1880-08-06/ed-1/seq-2/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88078581/1880-08-06/ed-1/seq-2/</a>></li>
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<li> <i>The Caldwell tribune. [volume]</i><span> </span>(Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]), 02 Feb. 1889.<span> </span><i>Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers</i>. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86091092/1889-02-02/ed-1/seq-2/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86091092/1889-02-02/ed-1/seq-2/</a>></li>
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<li><i>Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume]</i><span> </span>(Waterbury, Conn.), 22 May 1895.<span> </span><i>Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers</i>. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94053256/1895-05-22/ed-1/seq-4/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94053256/1895-05-22/ed-1/seq-4/</a>></li>
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<li><i>Omaha daily bee.</i><span> </span>(Omaha [Neb.]), 21 July 1895.<span> </span><i>Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers</i>. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1895-07-21/ed-1/seq-21/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1895-07-21/ed-1/seq-21/</a>></li>
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<li><i>Waterbury Democrat. [volume]</i><span> </span>(Waterbury, Conn.), 03 March 1896.<span> </span><i>Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers</i>. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2016270502/1896-03-03/ed-1/seq-6/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2016270502/1896-03-03/ed-1/seq-6/</a>></li>
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<li><i>Evening journal. [volume]</i><span> </span>(Wilmington, Del.), 14 May 1896.<span> </span><i>Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers</i>. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042354/1896-05-14/ed-1/seq-2/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042354/1896-05-14/ed-1/seq-2/</a>></li>
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<li><i>Birmingham state herald.</i><span> </span>(Birmingham, Ala.), 31 May 1896.<span> </span><i>Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers</i>. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85044812/1896-05-31/ed-1/seq-12/">https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85044812/1896-05-31/ed-1/seq-12/</a>></li>
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<li>"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWH2-J44 : 6 April 2020), Nora Perry, 13 May 1896; citing Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, Pg. 601 Ln. 16, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,520.</li>
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<li>"Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8ZX-59R : 4 November 2020), Nora Perry, 13 May 1896; citing Death, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, various city archives, Rhode Island; FHL microfilm 2,023,191.</li>
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<li>"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYB-5X1 : 19 December 2020), Harvey Perry, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing p. 366, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .</li>
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<li>"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJ8-YGM : 23 December 2020), Sarah Perry in household of Harry Perry, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).</li>
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Notes
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1850 Federal Census lists her name as Elenora Perry. It is the only document located in which her name is listed as such.
Some sources indicate the birth year of 1832 or 1841. However, 1831 is the birth year engraved in her headstone.
Publication
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Ex: Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Dred. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1856.
<a href="https://archive.org/details/afterballotherpo00perr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Perry, Nora. <em>After The Ball, and Other Poems</em>. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875.</a> In Internet Archive
<a href="https://archive.org/details/newyearscall00perr/page/n5/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Perry, Nora. <em>A New Year's Call</em>. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, c1903. In Internet Archive</a>
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James R. Osgood and Company
Little, Brown and Company
URL
<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88078581/1880-08-06/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1777&index=0&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=sn83035216&lccn=sn88078581&words=Nora+Perry&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Nora+Perry&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio), August 06, 1880, Image 2</a>
<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84031492/1875-02-13/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1777&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=sn83035216&lccn=sn84031489&lccn=sn84031490&lccn=sn84031492&lccn=sn88078581&index=11&words=Nora+Perry&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Nora+Perry&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Chicago daily tribune. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.), February 13, 1875, Page 4, Image 4</a>
<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85044812/1896-05-31/ed-1/seq-12/#date1=1777&index=0&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=sn85044812&words=Nora+Perry&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Nora+Perry&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.), May 31, 1896, Part Two, Page 12, Image 12</a>
<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86091092/1889-02-02/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1777&index=1&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=sn86091092&words=Nora+Perry&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Nora+Perry&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]), February 02, 1889, Image 2</a>
<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94053256/1895-05-22/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1777&index=4&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=sn93053726&lccn=sn94053256&words=Nora+Perry&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Nora+Perry&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.), May 22, 1895, Image 4</a>
<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2016270502/1896-03-03/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1777&index=1&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=2016270502&lccn=sn82014085&lccn=sn93053725&words=Nora+Perry&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Nora+Perry&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.), March 03, 1896, Image 6</a>
<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1895-07-21/ed-1/seq-21/#date1=1777&index=12&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=sn99021999&words=Nora+Perry&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Nora+Perry&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]), July 21, 1895, Part III, Page 20, Image 21</a>
<a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042354/1896-05-14/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1777&index=0&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=sn85042354&words=Nora+Perry&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Nora+Perry&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1">Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.), May 14, 1896, Image 2</a>
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Title
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PERRY, Miss Nora
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Nora Perry was a New England poet, newspaper correspondent, and author. Her poems “Tying her Bonnet under her Chin” and “After the Ball” shot her to literary fame and were reprinted in newspapers across the country. Her early success led her to write society pieces for <em>The Chicago Tribune</em> and <em>The Providence Journal</em> in her later years. <br /><br />Born in Dudley, Massachusetts in 1831, Miss Perry was the youngest of three children. Her family relocated to Providence, Rhode Island while she was still a child. An avid writer even in her youth, Miss Perry eventually became a part of Sarah Helen Whitman’s literary circle in Providence. Nora would wake early in the morning and write until noon at an old-fashioned table that she called her “shop” in her living room, where she kept her collection of chromolithographs wherever there was space to put them. Occasionally, she would write another hour or two in the afternoon, but almost never wrote in the evening. Around the time that she became a professional writer, Nora destroyed all of her writings from her adolescence. <br /><br />Nora continued to write lyrical poetry throughout her life, but she also wrote short stories for adolescent readers. It was a natural progression for her to write from the point of view of a young person, as Miss Perry was often described as “vivacious with an intense personality and wit”. As Nora wrote:<br />“I have too much youth for the rest of the world at my age. Life never seems old to me, always fresh.”<br /><br />Her young adult stories were intended to inspire higher ideals in its readers. That was the power of literature to Miss Perry:<br />“Nothing is so practical as the ideal which is ever at hand to uphold and better the real.”<br /><br />Nora was not a religious person. She had no qualms about declaring her agnosticism or, as she referred to it, “the agnosticism of don’t know.” Instead of following religious doctrine, she believed in a “practical service to humanity,” which she practiced in part by encouraging young writers in their craft. Though not religious, Nora did believe in the supernatural. She possessed a moonstone talisman that she felt helped in her literary success and brought her good luck. <br /><br />Though she was never married, Nora preferred male companionship, as she enjoyed their point of view and way of thinking. She developed intimate friendships with John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, and George William Curtis to name just a few. Yet, she also maintained many female friends as well. Harriet Prescott Spofford was one such friend and sister-poet, who wrote of her friend’s poetic style: <br />“Nora Perry writes in verse because she cannot help it. The music bubbles up in her as the water gushes in a spring, and whenever she has allowed art to clear the way the result is a ‘well of English undefiled.’”<br /><br />Miss Perry adored her hair, which was often described as a reddish-golden blonde and pale blonde in her later years. It pleased her when people admired it. In fact, hair descriptions often found their way into her writing. <br /><br />In her later years, Miss Perry was struck with what was referred to as “author’s cramp” or “writer’s cramp,” which affected her ability to write. The pain was so great, she nearly lost the use of her right hand and taught herself to write left-handed so she could rest her dominant one.<br /><br />Nora Perry passed away on May 13, 1896 of an aneurysm while visiting Dudley, Massachusetts. As Caroline Ticknor wrote in <em>The Lamp</em>:<br />“To the friends who had loved her, and would gladly have ministered to her in her last hours, it was a deep grief that she should have died alone in a boarding-house. And yet her solitary passing seemed somehow in harmony with her own independent, self-contained mode of living.”<br /><br />Miss Perry was buried at Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Nora Perry was born in Dudley, MA in 1831. She later lived in Providence, RI, Boston, MA, and Lexington, MA
1831
1831-1840
Authors
Boston Radical Club
Dudley
George William Curtis
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
James R. Osgood and Company
John Greenleaf Whittier
John M. Hay
Little Brown and Company
MA
Nora Perry
Poets
Rose Terry Cooke
Sarah Helen Whitman
Wendell Phillips
Writing/Publishing