Background
Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe was born on February 4, 1876 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Daughter of John Dalton and Sarah Chestnut (Hawley) Cleghorn.
Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe was born on February 4, 1876 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Daughter of John Dalton and Sarah Chestnut (Hawley) Cleghorn.
Graduate Burr and Burton Seminary Student Radcliffe College, 1895-1896.
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Cleghorn spent much of her early childhood in Minnesota and Wisconsin before moving to Vermont at age 9 after the death of her mother. She remained there for the majority of her life until her death in Philadelphia in 1959. Her most widely known poem "The Golf Links" is an ironic and satirical look at child labor.
Her first volume of poetry, Portraits and Protests was published in 1917 and her second, Peace and Freedom in 1945.
Her autobiography, published in 1936, was prefaced with an introduction by Robert Frost.
Cleghorn"s poetry is largely didactic in nature, serving to illustrate Christian Socialist values and progressive political and social principles.