Mary Goddard Wigglesworth Pickering

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Overview

Mary Goddard Wigglesworth Pickering born Boston, MA October 16, 1838 (d. 1909). Anti-imperialist; published Liberty Poems, a collection of poetry opposing US imperialism, 1900.

Quotations

And let thy flag, then honored, loved
Float o’er thy children free,
But never over conquered men,
Wherever they may be.

(“Arise Columbia”, Liberty Poems, p. 103)