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Cary sisters, were American poets whose work was both moralistic and idealistic. Alice Cary (b. April 26, 1820, Mount Healthy, near Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—d. February 12, 1871, New York, New York) and Phoebe Cary (b. September 4, 1824, Mount Healthy, near Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—d. July 31, 1871, Newport, Rhode Island) were also noted for their involvement in the women’s rights movement. The Cary sisters grew up on a farm and received little schooling. Nevertheless, they were for their time well educated, Alice by their mother and Phoebe by Alice, and they early developed a taste for literature. Alice’s first published ...(100 of 429 words)

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