Carlotta Perry

Carlotta Perry (1839 or 1848 – March 4, 1914), the pen name of Charlotte Augusta Perry, was an American writer of poetry and prose. She was among a group of premier women poets of the late 19th century. Her poems, children's stories, and short stories were published in many of the most read publications of the time including Harper's Magazine, Godey's Lady's Book and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Some of her verse can still be found today in Christian newsletters and even in an ad for a paint company describing their shades of white. Known mostly for her poetry, she was also a journalist and was active in many of the journalism and women's organizations during her working life.

Biography Charlotte Augusta Perry was born in Union City, Michigan, in 1839 She had the distinction of receiving the best prices for her work of any writer of the Northwest.

Perry was associated with a coterie of writers including Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Sarah Dyer Hobart, Helen Hunt Jackson, Lucy Larcom and others. a member of committee on poetry and imaginative literature.

Perry died in Chicago, March 4, 1914. The burial was in Watertown.

Selected works

1889, Poems