Whitelock, Louise Clarkson (1851-1928)

whitelock.jpgLouise Clarkson Whitelock was born in Baltimore in 1851, and was a founding member of the Woman’s Literary Club of Baltimore. She was an active member from 1890-1897. Whitelock’s publications were mostly poetry, specifically books of children’s poems. She had a very active publishing career under the name L. Clarkson between 1877 and 1898, and her poetry was advertised and endorsed in magazines like Publisher’s Weekly. Whitelock was also a very talented artist, illustrating her own books and raising her daughter to be an artist in her footsteps. Whitelock died in 1928.

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Whitelock, Louise Clarkson (1851-1928)