Summary

Woman of the Century — Cornelia Jane M. Jordan (1893)

During the first years of her married life she wrote a great deal. A collection of her poems was published in Richmond, Va., in 1860, with the title. "Flowers of Hope and Memory. During the Civil War she wrote many stirring lyrics. A volume of these, entitled "Corinth, and Other Poems," was published after the surrender. The little volume was seized by the military commander in Richmond and suppressed as seditious. In 1867 she published "Richmond: Her Glory and Her Graves," in ft volume with some shorter lyrics. She has contributed many poems to magazines and newspapers.
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