Anne Semple
Anne Ruth Semple (June 9, 1900 – October 25, 1987) was a Native American writer and professor and the fifth poet laureate of the state of Oklahoma; appointed in 1945 by Governor Robert S. Kerr.[1] Semple earned her Ph.D. from Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, which is now Oklahoma State University, with a dissertation on the history of Oklahoma Presbyterian College.[1] She was a professor of Education at Southeastern Oklahoma State University from at least 1947 until 1965.[2][3]
Semple was the great granddaughter of Peter Pitchlynn (Snapping Turtle),[1] who served as chief of the Choctaw nation in the 1860s, and sister to William Finley Semple who served as chief of the Choctaw nation from 1918 to 1922.[4] She's buried in Gethsemane Cemetery in Caddo, Oklahoma.
Bibliography[edit]
- Prairie-Born: A Book of Verse. Dallas: Kaleidograph, 1942.
- Ties that Bind: The Story of Oklahoma Presbyterian College. 1957
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c Holliday, Shawn (2015). The Oklahoma Poets Laureate: A Sourcebook, History, and Anthology. Mongrel Empire Press. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-0-9903204-3-2.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
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