[1] Emily Jeannette Browne was born in 1847,[2] in Waldo County, Maine, of Puritans ancestry.

[3] At the age of 16, she sent a poem to a Boston literary journal which brought her an invitation to become a regular contributor.

[1] She once received complimentary notice from Horace Greeley for a letter written to the New-York Tribune.

[10] In September 1892, Powell succeeded Nellie Blessing Eyster to become the organization's second president.

[2] Emily Browne Powell died on September 25, 1938, in Alameda, California, having lived in that city since 1889.