On this day
09
February

Amy Lowell, Alice Walker

Born: Amy Lowell (1874), Alice Walker (1944)

Born on this day

09FebBorn 1874152nd birthday

Amy Lowell

A forceful advocate of modern poetry, she wrote intimate love poems inspired by her life with Ada Dwyer Russell.

09FebBorn 194482nd birthday

Alice Walker

“The Color Purple” made her the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.