Sarah Elizabeth Carmichael

Women of Letters » Literature

One of Utah’s earliest poets and among the few during her time to achieve national recognition. Carmichael’s first published poem appeared in The Deseret News in 1858 and garnered so much attention that some doubted its authorship. Nevertheless, Carmichael received public praise and encouragement from Eliza R. Snow, and The Deseret News went on to publish more than fifty of her poems over the next eight years. Often called a literary genius, Carmichael’s poems were featured in several anthologies, including a two-volume collection, A Family Library of Poetry and Song, assembled by acclaimed American Romantic poet William Cullen Bryant.
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