Hester A. Benedict

Hester A. Dickinson
BornEsther A. Baldwin
October 2, 1838
Streetsboro, Ohio, U.S.
DiedDecember 28, 1921(1921-12-28) (aged 83)
Pen nameHester A. Benedict
Occupation
  • poet
  • writer
Alma materWestern Reserve Seminary
Spouse
  • Harmon Benedict
    ​
    (m. 1856)​
  • Peter Tracy Dickinson
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1877; died 1903)​

Hester A. Benedict (née, Baldwin; after first marriage, Benedict; after second marriage, Dickinson; October 2, 1838 – December 28, 1921) was an American poet and writer. She had a literary reputation in the East before her removal to California where she served as president of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association in San Francisco. Dickinson's works included, Vesta (1872), Fagots (1895), and Songs En Route (1911). After her second marriage, she retained "Hester A. Benedict" as a literary name, and also used it as a pen name in her second book, but not for the third one.[1][2][3]

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  2. ^ Cushing, William (1885). Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises. Crowell. Retrieved 24 August 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Dickson, Hester (1911). Songs en Route. Sherman, French. p. 9. Retrieved 24 August 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.