Edith Willis Linn Forbes

Edith Willis Linn Forbes (, Willis; after first marriage, Linn; after second marriage, Forbes; pen name, E. W. L.; February 19, 1865 – September 29, 1945) was an American poet and writer. Active in clubs, and after his permanent return to the U.S., resided in Rochester, New York. They had two sons, Willis (1887-1927) and Benjamin Franklin Linn (1890-1923). She traveled in Europe and through the United States after this marriage.

On September 28, 1918, in New York City, she married for a second time, George Mather Forbes (1853-1934),

Selected works Books by Edith Willis Linn Poems, 1892 Out of the deep; pen pictures in prose and verse, 1895 Within, above, beyond, 1899 A Cycle of Sonnets, 1918

Books by E. W. L. & H. B. Alcott memoirs : posthumously comp. from papers, journals and memoranda of the late Dr. Frederick L.H. Willis, 1915

Songs "We are coming : marching song of America", 1918 (lyrics by Edith Willis Linn; composed by John Philip Sousa)