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3 unusual facts about Florence Earle Coates


Florence Earle Coates

She is buried at the Church of the Redeemer churchyard in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania alongside her husband and her brother George Howard Earle, Jr. and many of his descendants, including his son, former Pennsylvania Governor, George Howard Earle III—Florence's nephew.

In the early 1900s (decade), the Coates' seasonally opened their camp to Anna Roosevelt Cowles ("Bamie")—elder sister of Theodore Roosevelt.

Literary and social critic Matthew Arnold both encouraged and inspired Mrs. Coates' writing of poetry.



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