Hester M. Poole (née, Hunt; May 27, 1833/34 – 1932) was an American writer, poet, art critic, artist, and an advocate for women's rights.

During these travels, Poole contributed a series of letters to a daily paper of New York from Edinburgh, London, Paris, Rome, Naples, and Geneva.

Those consisted chiefly of illustrated articles upon decorative arts, and were followed in various publications by a large number of critical and descriptive essays upon those and similar topics.

During several years, she edited a column upon "Woman and the Household" in a weekly newspaper, and also wrote editorials for journals on ethics and reform.

Her last book, entitled Fruits and How to Use Them (New York, 1891), was unique -it contained nearly 700 recipes for the preparation of fruits-[3] and attained a large circulation.