Grace Hibbard

Grace Hibbard
"A Woman of the Century"
"A Woman of the Century"
BornHelen Grace Porter
ca. 1835
suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedFebruary 28, 1911
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • author
  • poet
Notable works
SpouseLieutenant Edminster (d. ca. 1881); William W. Hibbard (married, 1888; divorced no later than 1893)
ChildrenPorter Edminster

Grace Hibbard (née, Porter; also known as, Mrs. Major Edminster; ca. 1835 – February 28, 1911) was an American author and poet of the long nineteenth century. Hibbard had a large following among the women of California. Among her books were California Sunshine, California Violets, and Wild Roses of California. Some of her best-known poems included "The Engineer's Daughter" and "Waiting for Colin".[1] Her short story, "Bummer and Lazarus", set in San Francisco, was translated into the German and printed in one of the leading papers published in the German language.

  1. ^ "Mrs. H. G. Hibbard, The Poet, Is Dead. Aged 76, Writer of Verses on California Dies, Surrounded by Friends". The San Francisco Examiner. 28 February 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2021 – via Newspapers.com.