May Riley Smith

May Riley Smith (May 27, 1842 – January 14, 1927) was an American poet and clubwoman.

May Riley Smith
Born
May Riley

May 27, 1842
Rochester, NY
DiedJanuary 14, 1927
Manhattan, New York
Occupationpoet

Biography

May Riley was born on May 27, 1842 in Rochester, New York. She attended Brockport Collegiate Institute. She married Albert Smith, a bridge engineer, on March 31, 1869.[1]

Smith belonged to several literary and social clubs during her life. She was the president of the Sorosis Club from 1911 to 1915 and the club's honorary president from 1919 until her death in 1927. She was also a member of the Poetry Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Meridian Club, the Barnard Club, and the MacDowell Club.[2]

Smith published several books of poems, beginning in the 1880s. Many of her poems were devotional and were reprinted in hymn books.[3] Her poems were also published in magazines such as Harper's Magazine.[4]

Smith died in Manhattan on January 14, 1927.

References
  1. John William Leonard (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. American Commonwealth Company. pp. 763–.
  2. "MRS. MAY RILEY SMITH.; Poet, Honorary President of Sorosism Club, Dies In Her 85th Year". The New York Times. 1927-01-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  3. "Author of Sunday School Poetry: May Riley Smith". The Topeka Daily Capital. March 1, 1885.
  4. Smith, May Riley (January 1890). "Trust". Harper's Magazine. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
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