She waiting for you in Oak Grove Cemetery at Falmouth. Her father died after she was born, and her mother and an aunt raised her. Author and educator, she wrote the text of the American national hymn. Katharine Lee Bates was born in Falmouth (Massachusetts), into an August day 1859, and was educated at Wellesley College, where also she taught English literature.
While on the college faculty, she mentored many young poets, helped establish American literature as a field for college study. Katharine Lee Bates published volumes of poetry, travel books, children’s books and books for young adults. In 1889, her young adult novel (Rose and Thorn), won a prize. Taking advantage of new educational opportunities, she study at Oxford University.
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