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Patience Strong

Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (died 1990)

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Born
June 4, 1907
Died
August 28, 1990
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1907

About Patience Strong

Patience Strong, also known as Winifred Emma May, was a poet from the United Kingdom, best known for her work under the pen name Patience Strong. Her poems were usually short, simple and imbued with sentimentality, the beauty of nature and inner strength. She was also a successful lyricist, composing English words for the tango "Jealousy" and "The Dream of Olwen", and an author of several books dealing with Christianity and practical psychology. Winifred Emma May (4 June 1907 – 28 August 1990) was a poet from the United Kingdom, best known for her work under the pen name Patience Strong. Her first poem earned her 1 guinea and it appeared in Nash’s magazine in 1922.

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Patience Strong timeline

  1. Winifred Emma May (4 June 1907 – 28 August 1990) was a poet from the United Kingdom, best known for her work under the pen name Patience Strong.
  2. Her first poem earned her 1 guinea and it appeared in Nash’s magazine in 1922.

The world when Patience Strong was born

Patience Strong was born in 1907. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1907

  • Best-selling book"The Lady of the Decoration" – Frances Little

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win first of back-to-back World Series titles
  • Top headlinePanic of 1907 — financial crisis leads to Federal Reserve creation
  • Technology milestoneFirst commercial helicopter design
  • World population~1.67B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population86.0M

1907 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Patience Strong's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19072026
Population86.0M341 million

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