“Though born and bred in the Republican camp, I cannot bear their…” — Katharine Lee Bates

“Though born and bred in the Republican camp, I cannot bear their betrayal of Mr. Wilson and their rejection of the League of Nations, our one hope of peace on earth.”

Putting the hope of international peace above longstanding party loyalty · Political statement, 1924

Katharine Lee Bates

About Katharine Lee Bates

12 August 1859–28 March 1929

Katharine Lee Bates was born on 12 August 1859 in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, and died on 28 March 1929 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Her name is permanently associated with “America the Beautiful,” one of the most familiar and resonant poems in United States culture. Yet the anthem has sometimes obscured the…

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