Lydia H. Tilton

Lydia H. Tilton
"A Woman of the Century"
"A Woman of the Century"
BornLydia Priscilla Heath
July 10, 1839
Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 1915
Washington, D.C.
Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
Occupation
  • journalist
  • temperance activist
  • teacher
  • poet
  • lyricist
Alma materNew Hampshire Conference Seminary
Spouse
Rufus Newell Tilton
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(m. 1866; died 1901)​
Children2

Lydia H. Tilton (née, Heath; July 10, 1839 – July 26, 1915) was an American journalist and temperance worker.[1][2] Also a poet, she was well known in literary circles.[3] "Old Glory", lyrics by Tilton, set to the tune of "Dixie", was the national song of the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.).[4][5]

  1. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "TILTON, Mrs. Lydia H.". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. pp. 716–17. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Moulton, Charles Wells, ed. (1895). "LYDIA H. TILTON, by I. S. J.". The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review. Vol. 7. Buffalo, New York. p. 98. Retrieved 12 August 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Chapin (compiler), Bela (1883). The Poets of New Hampshire. Claremont, New Hampshire: C. H. Adams. Retrieved 12 August 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "POLITICS IN THE AIR; "DAUGHTERS" ALERT". Evening Star. 18 April 1909. p. 5. Retrieved 12 August 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "Proceedings of the Eighteenth Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D. C., April 19th to 24th, 1909, Continental Memorial Hall". The American Monthly Magazine. 35. National Society: 102. 1909. Retrieved 12 August 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.