Charlotte Wilder

Charlotte Wilder (August 28, 1898 – May 26, 1980) was an American poet and academic who worked in the Federal Writers Project.

In 1919, she received her Bachelor of Arts in English literature, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Mount Holyoke College in 1919.

[3][2] Wilder also worked for the Atlantic Monthly as a proof reader and for The Youth's Companion.

[2] According to an article in the January 15, 1983, issue of The Nation, ("New Deal New York" by Frederika Randall), Wilder worked on the Federal Writers' Project during the 1930s.

[4] Wilder experienced a mental health crisis in 1941, the repercussions of which lasted until her death.

Charlotte with her father Amos, brother Thornton and one other sibling at family cottage in Maple Bluff, Wisconsin (1900)