Moore was born on July 11, 1903, in Omaha, Nebraska,
to Virginians John Fitzallen Moore and Ethel Daniel Moore.
She earned a BA from Hollins College (now Hollins University) in 1923, an MA from Columbia University in 1924, and a PhD in philosophy from Columbia University in 1952.
She was initiated into Phi Beta Kappa at Hollins in 1962, an honor reserved for distinguished scholars.
Moore married author Louis Untermeyer in 1926 but was divorced two years later.
They had one son, John Fitzallen, whose last name she changed to Moore following her divorce.
In 1945 she married Washington, D.C., attorney and retired U.S. Navy captain John Jefferson Hudgins.
Moore died of cancer on June 11, 1993, one month shy of her ninetieth birthday.
Major Works
Not Poppy (1926)
Rising Wind (1928)
Sweet Water and Bitter (1928)
Distinguished Women Writers (1934)
Homer's Golden Chain (1936)
Virginia Is a State of Mind (1942)
Ho for Heaven! Man's Changing Attitude Toward Dying (1946)
The Unicorn: William Butler Yeats' Search for Reality (1954)
The Whole World, Stranger (1957)
Scottsville on the James: An Informal History (1969)
The Life and Eager Death of Emily Brontë: A Biography (1971)
The Madisons: A Biography (1979)
The Liberty Bell Papers: An Inquiry into American Values (1980)
to Virginians John Fitzallen Moore and Ethel Daniel Moore.
She earned a BA from Hollins College (now Hollins University) in 1923, an MA from Columbia University in 1924, and a PhD in philosophy from Columbia University in 1952.
She was initiated into Phi Beta Kappa at Hollins in 1962, an honor reserved for distinguished scholars.
Moore married author Louis Untermeyer in 1926 but was divorced two years later.
They had one son, John Fitzallen, whose last name she changed to Moore following her divorce.
In 1945 she married Washington, D.C., attorney and retired U.S. Navy captain John Jefferson Hudgins.
Moore died of cancer on June 11, 1993, one month shy of her ninetieth birthday.
Major Works
Not Poppy (1926)
Rising Wind (1928)
Sweet Water and Bitter (1928)
Distinguished Women Writers (1934)
Homer's Golden Chain (1936)
Virginia Is a State of Mind (1942)
Ho for Heaven! Man's Changing Attitude Toward Dying (1946)
The Unicorn: William Butler Yeats' Search for Reality (1954)
The Whole World, Stranger (1957)
Scottsville on the James: An Informal History (1969)
The Life and Eager Death of Emily Brontë: A Biography (1971)
The Madisons: A Biography (1979)
The Liberty Bell Papers: An Inquiry into American Values (1980)
Moore was born on July 11, 1903, in Omaha, Nebraska,
to Virginians John Fitzallen Moore and Ethel Daniel Moore.
She earned a BA from Hollins College (now Hollins University) in 1923, an MA from Columbia University in 1924, and a PhD in philosophy from Columbia University in 1952.
She was initiated into Phi Beta Kappa at Hollins in 1962, an honor reserved for distinguished scholars.
Moore married author Louis Untermeyer in 1926 but was divorced two years later.
They had one son, John Fitzallen, whose last name she changed to Moore following her divorce.
In 1945 she married Washington, D.C., attorney and retired U.S. Navy captain John Jefferson Hudgins.
Moore died of cancer on June 11, 1993, one month shy of her ninetieth birthday.
Major Works
Not Poppy (1926)
Rising Wind (1928)
Sweet Water and Bitter (1928)
Distinguished Women Writers (1934)
Homer's Golden Chain (1936)
Virginia Is a State of Mind (1942)
Ho for Heaven! Man's Changing Attitude Toward Dying (1946)
The Unicorn: William Butler Yeats' Search for Reality (1954)
The Whole World, Stranger (1957)
Scottsville on the James: An Informal History (1969)
The Life and Eager Death of Emily Brontë: A Biography (1971)
The Madisons: A Biography (1979)
The Liberty Bell Papers: An Inquiry into American Values (1980)
to Virginians John Fitzallen Moore and Ethel Daniel Moore.
She earned a BA from Hollins College (now Hollins University) in 1923, an MA from Columbia University in 1924, and a PhD in philosophy from Columbia University in 1952.
She was initiated into Phi Beta Kappa at Hollins in 1962, an honor reserved for distinguished scholars.
Moore married author Louis Untermeyer in 1926 but was divorced two years later.
They had one son, John Fitzallen, whose last name she changed to Moore following her divorce.
In 1945 she married Washington, D.C., attorney and retired U.S. Navy captain John Jefferson Hudgins.
Moore died of cancer on June 11, 1993, one month shy of her ninetieth birthday.
Major Works
Not Poppy (1926)
Rising Wind (1928)
Sweet Water and Bitter (1928)
Distinguished Women Writers (1934)
Homer's Golden Chain (1936)
Virginia Is a State of Mind (1942)
Ho for Heaven! Man's Changing Attitude Toward Dying (1946)
The Unicorn: William Butler Yeats' Search for Reality (1954)
The Whole World, Stranger (1957)
Scottsville on the James: An Informal History (1969)
The Life and Eager Death of Emily Brontë: A Biography (1971)
The Madisons: A Biography (1979)
The Liberty Bell Papers: An Inquiry into American Values (1980)
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