Your assertion that several of the Ella Wheeler Wilcox poems published in *The
Irish Worker* appeared in publication prior to their appearance in the newspaper
is correct. These poems are:

"The Voices of the People"
"Two Women"
"Battle Hymn for Women"
"The Protest" (which is published under the title "The Machine" in this Irish
labor journal)

However, individual stanzas from "To Men" and "A Song of Life" were also
published in this paper, circa 1911. Had these last two poems appeared in print
at this time? According to the book titles and dates on your website, they had
not. Does anyone know where I could get further information about these poems?

Also, aside from the possibility that the poems were appropriated by The Irish
Worker from previously published materials, the appropriateness of their content
for the newspaper is striking.

Thank you all for any further information you can provide,
Piper Davis

--- In ellawheelerwilcox@yahoogroups.com, Bonnie Char <thechars@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Student,
>
> What are the titles of the poems were published in the
> magazine you refer to?
>
> If your recent finding is the only evidence regarding
> Wheeler-Wilcox's involvement with the Irish Labor
> movement, it might help to examine the content of
> the poems and determine if they are pre-published
> works that were selected by the magazine for their
> relevance to the subject in each column, or if they
> were original works composed for the magazine.
>
> It is common for writers (of books and magazines)
> to sprinkle famous poems in. Consider Hemingway's
> For Whom The Bell Tolls, although we can be sure
> Hemingway never knew John Donne.
>
> Wilcox embraced an interesting combination of liberal
> and conservative causes in her lifetime. I wouldn't be
> surprised to learn she would support Irish Workers in
> their plight. It will be interesting to hear which poems
> you've found.
>
> Respectfully,
> Bonnie Char
>
>
> On Apr 20, 2009, at 6:31 AM, piper.davis@... wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I am a PhD student in trans-atlantic studies at Texas Christian
> > University. Recently, in a project on *The Irish Worker* (an irish
> > trade union periodical edited by Jim and Delia Larkin), I
> > encountered several of Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poems. They appear
> > throughout the 1911 issues of the journal, usually at the beginning
> > of "The Women Workers' Column." I have not found any scholarship
> > that links Wilcox to the Irish labor movement or even acknowledges
> > the fact that her work was published in this newspaper. Does anyone
> > have any information about this or know where I should look? Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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