Maria White Lowell (July 8 1821 – October 27 1853) was an American poet and abolitionist.
Life and career
She was born in Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1844 she married James Russell Lowell, a noted poet, writer, and foreign diplomat. They had four children, three of whom died in infancy (the fourth, Mabel, survived to adulthood). They lived for periods of time in New York City and Philadelphia before returning to Cambridge, Massachusetts. The couple became leading proponents of the emanicipation of slaves and the abolishing of the institution in America. She also became heavily involved in the temperance movement. Frail, delicate, and plagued by ill health throughout her life, Maria White Lowell died at the age of 32 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is buried with her husband in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Quotes
- "Two souls with a single thought, two hearts that beat as one."
Further reading
- Lowell, Maria, (Bruce Rogers, editor), The Poems of Maria Lowell. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Riverside Press, 1907.
- Vernon, Hope Jillson, The Poems of Maria Lowell, with unpublished letters and a biography. Providence, Rhode Island: Brown University Press, 1936.
