Harriet Monroe
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Harriet Monroe was an American editor, scholar, literary critic, poet, and patron of the arts. She was the founding publisher and long-time editor of Poetry magazine, which she established in 1912. As
Monroe in 1920
The October 1912 issue of Poetry magazine
H.D.
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Hilda Doolittle was an American modernist poet, novelist, and memoirist who wrote under the name H.D. throughout her life. Her career began in 1911 after she moved to London and co-founded the avant-g
Harriet Monroe
…the founding publisher and long-time editor of Poetry magazine, which she established in 1912. As a supporter of the poets Wallace Stevens, Ezra Pound, H. D., T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Carl Sandburg, Max Michelson and others, Monroe played an important role in the development of modern poetry…
H.D. c. 1917
English writer and poet Richard Aldington in 1931; he and H.D. married in 1913 but soon became estranged, divorcing in 1938.
H.D. at approximately age 36 in 1922
A 1923 photo of Bryher by Man Ray