Katharine Lee Bates
/Overview
Katharine Lee Bates born Falmouth, Cape Cod August 12, 1859 (d. 1929). Poet and song writer; Wellesley professor; author of "America the Beautiful" and pacifist poems "Fodder for Cannon."
Quotations
Oh may this war, this blasphemy that blots the globe with blood
Slay war forever, cleanse the earth in its own mighty flood.
("How Long?" 1916; photo CapeCodOnline)