Margaret Widdemer

Margaret Widdemer
Margaret Widdemer (1884–1978) was an American poet, novelist, and children's author who gained recognition during the early 20th century. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1919 for her collection "The Old Road to Paradise," sharing the award with Carl Sandburg. Widdemer's work often explored themes of social justice, domestic life, and women's rights. In addition to her poetry, she wrote popular novels such as "The Rose-Garden Husband" and was an advocate for female writers throughout her career.

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CHAPTER I The sun shone, that morning, and even from a city office window the Spring wind could be felt, sweet and keen and heady, making you feel that you wanted to be out in it, laughing, facing toward the exciting, happy things Spring was sure to be bringing you, if you only went a little way to meet them—just a little way! Marjorie Ellison, bending over a filing cabinet in a small and solitary... more...

The Liberry Teacher lifted her eyes from a half-made catalogue-card, eyed the relentlessly slow clock and checked a long wriggle of purest, frankest weariness. Then she gave a furtive glance around to see if the children had noticed she was off guard; for if they had she knew the whole crowd might take more liberties than they ought to, and have to be spoken to by the janitor. He could do a great deal... more...

CHAPTER ONE JOY IN AMBER SATIN Joy Havenith had no business at all to be curled up on the back stairs under Great-Grand-Aunt Lucilla's picture. She ought to have been sliding sweetly up and down the long double parlors with teacups and cake, and she knew it. But she just didn't care. As a matter of fact, Aunt Lucilla and the other ancestors ought to have been in the parlors, too; but... more...