Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards was an American poet, novelist, and essayist. She was a prominent figure in the American literary movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Richards was known for her poetry and her advocacy for women's rights and social justice. She was a key figure in the Boston Transcendentalists and was friends with notable writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.