476:(1878–1962), gives a detailed nine-page review of Coates's poetry, relating how "she draws from the Olympian world figures that typify some motive or desire in human conduct, and in the modern world the praise of men and women, heroic in attainment or sacrifice; or laments events that effect social and ethical progress, showing how beneficently she has brought her art, without modifying in the least its abstract function as a creator of beauty and pleasure, into the service of profound and vital problems". Much of Coates's later published work was written during the years spanning World War I and showcased her concern for such "profound and vital problems" as her voice joined the chorus of "singers" in support of American involvement in the war—evidenced in her privately published pamphlet of war poetry,
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The Sacré Cœur (Sacred Heart) in Paris, France was a convent school for young girls run by nuns that fell to the French government as a result of the "religious orders" law of 1904, which involved the separation of church and state, and prohibited religious orders from teaching. The site of the
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Earle; July 1, 1850 – April 6, 1927) was an
American poet, and women's rights advocate whose prolific output was published in many literary magazines, some of it set to music. She was mentored by the English poet
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Florence Earle Coates: Some Phases of Her Life and Poetry
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There's a cabin in the mountains, where the fare, dear,
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Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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929:"Matthew Arnold on the Doctrine of the Remnant."
1193:Works by or about Florence Van Leer Earle Coates
1102:Philadelphia: A Guide to the Nation's Birthplace
969:The New York Public Library Digital Collections
1145:Letters of Matthew Arnold, 1848-1888, Volume 2
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244:Florence Van Leer Nicholson Coates
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1077:Notable American Women: 1607–1950
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1142:Russell, George W.E. (1895).
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1019:McBride's Magazine, Volume 91
918:Notable Women of Pennsylvania
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365:. Her correspondence between
295:by notable composers such as
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474:William Stanley Braithwaite
468:In the March 1913 issue of
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1272:Burials in Pennsylvania
799:Encyclopedia Britannica
547:George Howard Earle III
539:Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
273:and his wife, "Fanny" (
271:George Hussey Earle Sr.
194:George Hussey Earle Sr.
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602:LYRICS OF LIFE. (1909)
593:MINE AND THINE. (1904)
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682:INDEX OF FIRST LINES
632:Privately published.
511:Edward Hornor Coates
448:Upper St. Regis Lake
396:Upper St. Regis Lake
363:The Century Magazine
301:Theodore Dwight Weld
172:; died
154:Edward Hornor Coates
1148:. Macmillan and Co.
958:, pp. 362–363.
870:. Van Leer Archives
868:vanleerarchives.org
824:Broad Street Review
455:There's a lake upon
214:(great-grandfather)
1189:informational blog
1164:Works by or about
842:www.britannica.com
629:PRO PATRIA. (1917)
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