Julia Boynton Green

Julia Boynton Green
"A woman of the century"
Born Julia P. Boynton
May 25, 1861
South Byron, New York, U.S.
Died July 10, 1957(1957-07-10) (aged 96)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation author
Language English
Nationality American

Julia Boynton Green (May 25, 1861 – July 10, 1957) was an American poet. She is remembered as an "anti-modernist who railed against free verse".[1]

Early years and education

Julia P. Boynton was born in South Byron, New York, May 25, 1861. When she was fifteen years old, she and her older sister entered Ingham University, in LeRoy, New York , where they remained a year as students. Another year was spent by both in preparation for Wellesley College. After entering that institution, they were called home after the father's death. Their interrupted course of study was continued for several years, chiefly in Nyack. She afterwards passed two winters in New York in the study of art, followed by a season in London, England.[2]

Career

Green wrote some strikingly-excellent poetry. Most of her work appeared in local journals and in the Boston Transcript. In 1887, she published a volume of poems, Lines and Interlines (New York, 1887). In 1888, she was preparing for an extended tour in Europe, when she was called home by the illness of her mother, who subsequently died.[2] She married Levi Worthington Green in June, 1890, and after a six-months' tour in Europe, they made their home in Rochester, New York. [2]

In 1893, she removed to California, where her husband grew oranges in Redlands. Their three children were Gladys, Boynton, and Norman.[3]

She published a second book of poetry, This Enchanted Coast: Verse on California Themes, in 1928 in Los Angeles. Eight years later, Noonmark was published in Redlands. She died July 10, 1957,[4] in Los Angeles, and is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Her papers are collected at the Huntington Library.[5] The L. Worthington Green/Julia Boynton Home, built in 1911, received the 1986 Heritage Award from the Redlands Area Historical Society.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Yaszek & Sharp 2016, p. 242.
  2. 1 2 3 Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 336.
  3. ↑ "Mrs. Julia B. Green Dies". Newspapers.com. Redlands, California: Redlands Daily Facts. July 12, 1957. p. 5. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Allmendinger 2015, p. 261.
  5. ↑ "Three Women Los Angeles Poets". Free Space Comix. 28 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "1986 HERITAGE AWARD RECIPIENT - L. Worthington Green Home". Redlands Area Historical Society. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

Attribution

  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton.

Bibliography

  • Allmendinger, Blake (19 May 2015). A History of California Literature. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-05209-3.
  • Yaszek, Lisa; Sharp, Patrick B. (7 June 2016). Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-7625-5.
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