Kathryn Irene Glascock
Kathryn Irene Glascock (1901 - February 23, 1923) was an
American poet. The
Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest is named after her.
Glascock was born in 1901, the daughter of Hugh Grundy Glascock, an educator, and Etta (or Ella) Bodine Woods. Glascock graduated from
Mount Holyoke College in 1922. [
1].
Glascock died in 1923. In that same year, her parents established the annual
Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest at
Mount Holyoke College (it became an intercollegiate event in 1924).
In addition, Glascock's parents also published a collection of her poetry entitled,
Poems, and had one of her poems, "Daylight," published in
Poetry Magazine.
Poems. Garden City, N.Y. : Country Life Press, 1923. [
2]
*"Daylight,"
Poetry Magazine, Volume 22, May 1923, Page 83. [
3]
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