Background
Bartlett, Alice Hunt was born on July 31, 1870 in Bennington, Vermont, United States. Daughter of Seth B. (a founder of the Independent) and Lucy Bartlett (Thompson) Hunt.
Bartlett, Alice Hunt was born on July 31, 1870 in Bennington, Vermont, United States. Daughter of Seth B. (a founder of the Independent) and Lucy Bartlett (Thompson) Hunt.
Educated Annie Brown School for Girls, New New York
Actively interested in national defense from 1915. Assisted in organizing and training aerial reserves. Member Executive Board and chairman aviation committee, 1915-1919.
Organized woman’s national defense rallies, Carnegie Hall (New York), Newport (Rhode Island), Nassau, et cetera
Founder and chairman Treasure and Trinket Fund, 1917-1918. Report on airmen’s needs, public as Senate Document.
Diploma of Merit and honorary membership, Aerial League America. Organized and directed poetry and dramatic celebrations held at New York World’s Fair, 1939-1940.
Founder, American editor American section Poetry Review (London, since 1923.
Chairman consultant for celebration of Virgil’s 2000th anniversary. Chairman National Arts Committee for Celebration of Washington’s 200th Birthday. Founder Barlett sea sonnet prize.
Bartlett city sonnet prize.
Organized Star Sonnet Contest, Music Contest, Poetry Contest, Ballad Contest, 1924-1925, The Poe Poem Contest (with Mistress Charles Doctorate. Dickey, John Doctorate. Rockefeller, Junior, Mistress Percy Stewart), contests for best poems on illusion, best poems about science, best poems about animal pets, best poems on the ideal of service, best poems on civilization, best poems on leaders, best poems of flight, best poems on art, best poems packed with thought, best poems about cathedrals and the best poems about power.
Member Executive Board and chairman aviation committee, 1915-1919. Membership, Aerial League America. Organized and directed poetry and dramatic celebrations held at New York World’s Fair, 1939-1940.
Founder, American editor American section Poetry Review (London, since 1923.
Member Poetry Society of London (vice-president and Executive Committee), Poetry Society America, American Literature Association, National League of America Pen Women (chairman arts since 1939), Sulgrave Institution, English-Speaking Union. Member Advisory Board of Allied Broadcasters.
Married William Allen Bartlett, Doctor of Medicine April.