Lillien Blanche Fearing
Lillien Blanche Fearing | |
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| Born | 27 November 1863 Davenport, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | 1901 |
| Occupation | Lawyer, poet |
| Nationality | American |
Lillien Blanche Fearing (27 November 1863 – 1901) was an American lawyer and poet who was blind.[1]
Life[edit]
Fearing was born in Davenport, Iowa in 1863. She lost her sight as the result of an accident whilst playing with other children when she was five or six. She was taught in college in Vinton, Iowa until 1884.
Four years later she moved to Chicago to study at the Union College of Law and graduated in 1890. Her sister and mother served as her amanuensis while she learned, and she became a leading pupil and she also started to write poetry.[2] She was one of four students who shared the scholarship prize when they graduated in 1890. She was the only woman studying law in her year.[1]
She was admitted to the Illinois Bar at Springfield[3] and was able to practice law from her office in Chicago.[2]
She died in 1901 after her third book "Mildred" was published.[4]
Works[edit]
- "The Sleeping World, and other Poems" (Chicago, 1887)
- "In the City by the Lake" (Chicago, 1893).[1]
- "Mildred" (Chicago, 1901)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Frances E. Willard, Mary A. Livermore (eds) "Lillian (sic) Blanche Fearing", Woman of the Century 1893
- ^ a b "Profiles". chicagobar.org. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ Willard, Frances E. (1897). Occupations for women: a book of practical suggestions for the material advancement, the mental and physical development, and the moral and spiritual uplift of women. Success Co. OCLC 1087441933.
- ^ "Fearing, Lillien Blanche". lawlit.net. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
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- 1863 births
- 1901 deaths
- People from Davenport, Iowa
- Blind writers
- 19th-century American poets
- American women poets
- 19th-century American women writers
- 19th-century American women lawyers
- 19th-century American lawyers
- Blind lawyers
- American lawyers with disabilities
- American blind people
- Blind poets
- American writers with disabilities