Easter, Marguerite E. (1840-1894)
 | Marguerite E. Easter, born in Virginia in 1840, moved to Baltimore when she was young and considered it her home. Her father was Daniel Miller, a prominent Baltimore merchant. An accomplished poetess and writer, she was a founding member of the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore. Her first publication was her poem “Clytie” in the Southern Magazine in 1871, which received a laudatory notice in the Baltimore Sun. She went on to publish her collection Clytie and Other Poems, in 1892; her work also appeared in women's club publications. Easter served as the Chairman of the House Committee in 1890. She died in 1894. |
"Yesterday" (Eclectic Magazine, 1870); poetry.
"Antigone's Farewell to Haemon" (Southern Magazine, 1875); poetry.
Clytie and Other Poems (Boston: A. J. Philpott, 1891); poetry. full-text