Helen A. Manville

Helen A. Manville
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Helen Adelia Wood August 3, 1839 New Berlin, New York, U.S.
Died	1912 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resting place	La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Pen name	Nellie A. Mann
Occupation	poet, litterateur
Notable works	Heart Echoes
Spouse	Marvin Madison Monroe Manville
Children	Marion Manville Pope
Relatives	Alice Cary Phoebe Cary Stephen A. Douglas
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Helen A. Manville (née, Wood; pen name Nellie A. Mann; August 3, 1839 – 1912) was an American poet and litterateur of the long nineteenth century.^[1] Under the pen name of "Nellie A. Mann", she contributed largely for leading periodicals east and west, and obtained a national reputation as a writer of acceptable verse. At the height of her fame, she decided to stop using the pen name and assume her own. She succeeded in making both names familiar, virtually winning laurels for two cognomens, when ill-health required a pause in her literary work. A collection of her poems was published in 1875, under the title of Heart Echoes, which contained a small proportion of her many verses.^[2]