Mary Stebbins Savage

Mary Stebbins Savage ( Stebbins; nickname, Minnie; pen name, Marion Lisle; 1850-1915) was an American writer of poetry and prose. For many years, she served as poet laureate of Wisconsin's "Home Comings" event. Savage was also associated with the temperance and woman's suffrage movements in her state.

Early life Mary Therese Stebbins was born in the town of Porter, Wisconsin, March 25, 1850. Her father was Harrison Stebbins, a well-to-do farmer and an influential man in Rock County, serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Her mother's maiden name was Mary Bassett. Both parents were of New England ancestry and both had a taste for literature.

Career

Savage wrote scores of poems, perhaps hundreds, as well as prose. Her contributions covered a long period, and appeared in the Woman's Journal, the Woman's Tribune, the Christian Register, Unity, the Chicago Inter Ocean, the Weekly Wisconsin and other journals.

Personal life After marrying Edwin Parker Savage in 1876, she moved to a farm in nearby Cooksville, Wisconsin. No later than 1902, the family moved from the farm to Madison, Wisconsin that the children might have a university education. Lastly, widowed, she followed the daughter and sons to Boise, Idaho. two days later.

Selected works

Poems 1885, "Whip-poor-will" 1886, "City and Country Again" 1886, "Love Hath the Victory 1914, "Forest Fires" 1884, "The Harvest Hand" 1917, "This Little Church we Love" (undated), "The Path Through the Sagebrush" "One Saturday Night", 1879 "Pearl Haskell", 1888 "Robbie and the Peace Flag", 1915