MAE VIRGINIA COWDERY (1909-1953)
Born in Philadelphia, PA
Poet
Displayed her talent as a poet as a child
Attended Pratt Institute to study fashion, but was immersed by the cabarets in Harlem and Greenwich Village.
Befriended key figures of the Harlem Renaissance,
WORKS: Farewell, poem (1929)
We Lift Our Voices: And Other Poems (self published)
