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| − | + | === Isabella Whitney (ca. 1548-aft. 1573) === | |
| − | She was the first Englishwoman to publish a book of her poetry. She wrote [http://www.montana.edu/wwwwhitn/index.html | + | She was the first Englishwoman to publish a book of her poetry. She wrote [http://www.montana.edu/wwwwhitn/index.html ''A Sweet Nosegay''], a book of poetry, in '''1573'''. |
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Isabella Whitney (ca. 1548-aft. 1573)
She was the first Englishwoman to publish a book of her poetry. She wrote A Sweet Nosegay, a book of poetry, in 1573.
She was daughter of Geoffrey Whitney, and sister of Geoffrey (author of Whitney's Emblems), Brooke, Anne (m. ----- Baron), and two younger sisters. She may have married one ----- Eldershae and had two children, as such a sister is mentioned in the younger Geoffrey's will.
Commentary on Whitney's Choice of Emblemes
Copyright © 2000, 2006, The Whitney Research Group
