Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. She was a popular and often controversial author, whose readership spanned the globe. Wilcox was born in Johnstown, Wisconsin, and grew up in nearby Portage. She was the youngest of four children. Her father, a newspaper editor, encouraged her to write poetry from an early age. She was educated at home and in local schools. Wilcox's first published poem appeared in the New York Sun in 1872. She soon became a regular contributor... AI Generated Content