Ware Paine, Selma (1847 - 1917) · Modern Beatrices: Dante's Transnational Female Public

Title: Selma Ware Paine
Full Name: Ware Paine, Selma (1847 - 1917)
Lifespan: 1847 - 1917
Place of origin: Bangor, Maine
Country of origin: United States of America
Language: English
Occupation: Author; Musician; Poet
Short biography: Selma Ware Paine (1847-1917) was a published writer and musician from Bangor, Maine who addressed the World's Parliament of Religion with an essay entitled "The Womanly Nature," which emphasized the importance of a woman's following her own path, regardless of the strictures of society. This idea was nurtured by her faith in Swedenborg principles, which stressed the concept of usefulness and the theory of the masculine and feminine nature; that a man or woman must follow one's own path in life or risk the consequences of going against one's own nature.
Selected List of Publications: "Some glimpses of the unity of truth in Dante"; Fugitive Poems; Selma Ware Paine, Fugitive Poems - Archive.org
Link to external sources: Susan Flagg Poole, Lost Legacy: Inspiring Women of Nineteenth-Century America - H-Net Reviews

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