Alice Mary Longfellow was born 22 September 1850 in Longfellow House, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1928 to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) and Frances Elizabeth Appleton (1817-1861) and died 7 December 1928 Longfellow House, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes.
Biography
Alice Mary Longfellow
Alice Mary Longfellow was a philanthropist, historical preservationist, and the eldest surviving daughter of the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). She is best known as "grave Alice" from her father's poem "The Children's Hour".
Longfellow was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and attended classes at Radcliffe College during the 1880s and 1890s, studying at Newnham College in Cambridge, England, from 1883 to 1884.[1] She traveled frequently throughout her life, spending the majority of her time abroad in France and Italy. Most notably, she met with Benito Mussolini in 1927.
Alice Longfellow remained unmarried throughout her life. She died in Cambridge in 1928 in the same house where she was born, The Longfellow House.
Longfellow worked to preserve her father's home in Cambridge, now Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site. She served as the Massachusetts Vice-regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and held administrative positions at Radcliffe College throughout her life. She donated significantly to multiple causes dealing with historic preservation, education, and humanitarianism including the Audubon Society, the Tuskegee Institute, and the American Fund for French Wounded during World War I.
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Baby Longfellow (1835-1835) | 5 October 1835 Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands | 5 October 1835 Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands | |
References
- Alice Mary Longfellow
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)/Immigrant Ancestors
- Longfellow House – Washington's Headquarters NHS Archival Finding Aids list of available resources from Longfellow House – Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site for further research at the site's archives.
- Alice Mary Longfellow at the Longfellow House – Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site page.
- Alice Mary Longfellow - FindAGrave #42557461
Residences
Footnotes (including sources)
[[Category: Philanthropists from Massachusetts