Mary Hunt Affleck
| Mary Hunt Affleck | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mary Hunt January 20, 1847 Danville, Kentucky |
| Died |
November 28, 1932 Galveston, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Spouse(s) | Isaac Dunbar Affleck |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) |
James Anderson Hunt Anna (Adair) Hunt |
| Relatives | Thomas Affleck (father-in-law) |
Mary Hunt Affleck (1847–1932) was an American agrarian poet from Texas and a Confederate advocate.
Early life
Mary Hunt was born on January 20, 1847, in Danville, Kentucky.[1] Her father was James Anderson Hunt and her mother, Anna (Adair) Hunt.[1] She graduated from the Harrodsburg Female College in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.[1] She moved to Burleson County, Texas in 1874.[1]
Career
She worked as a poet, focusing on agrarian themes.[1][2] Her poems were widely published in Texas newspapers.[1][3]
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the United States Daughters of 1812, and the Texas Editorial Association.[1] She served as Chairwoman of the textbook committee for the Texas division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.[4] In this role, she encouraged other members to focus on selecting schoolbooks highlighting Southern values and painting a balanced picture of the Civil War.[4] In 1910, she gave a speech at the dedication of a Confederate monument in honor of Hood's Texas Brigade in Austin, Texas.[5]
Personal life and death
She married Isaac Dunbar Affleck (1844-1919), the son of planter Thomas Affleck (1812-1868).[1] They had three children.[1] They lived in Washington County, Texas.[6]
Affleck died on November 28, 1932, in Galveston, Texas.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "AFFLECK, MARY HUNT," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/faf02), accessed June 14, 2014. Uploaded on June 9, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
- ↑ The University of Texas at Austin: List of Great Texas Women
- ↑ Letter to Mrs. Mary Hunt Affleck, University of Houston Libraries
- 1 2 Elizabeth Hayes Turner, Women, Culture, and Community : Religion and Reform in Galveston, 1880-1920, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, p. 174
- ↑ Elizabeth Hayes Turner, Elizabeth Hayes Turner, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Gregg Cantrell, Lone Star Pasts: Memory and History in Texas, College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 2006, p. 105
- ↑ Rebecca Sharpless, Cooking in Other Women's Kitchens: Domestic Workers in the South,1865-1960, Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2013, p. 12