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Sara Teasdale

Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator (died 1933)

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Born
August 8, 1884
Died
January 29, 1933
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1884

About Sara Teasdale

Sara Trevor Teasdale was an American lyric poet. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Filsinger after her 1914 marriage. In 1918, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her 1917 poetry collection Love Songs. Teasdale's first poem was published in William Marion Reedy's Reedy's Mirror, a local newspaper, in 1907. However, the poem was first published in her 1915 collection Rivers to the Sea, 18 years before her suicide.

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Sara Teasdale timeline

  1. Teasdale's first poem was published in William Marion Reedy's Reedy's Mirror, a local newspaper, in 1907.
  2. However, the poem was first published in her 1915 collection Rivers to the Sea, 18 years before her suicide.
  3. In 1918, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her 1917 poetry collection Love Songs.

The world when Sara Teasdale was born

Sara Teasdale was born in 1884. 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.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGrover Cleveland elected president
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  • World population~1.44B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population53.7M

1884 versus 2026

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Measure18842026
Population53.7M341 million

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