[citation needed] Her poetry collection was published posthumously by Friends of the Goddard Library at Clark University, as Between the Barnacles and Bayberries: and Other Poems in 1997 after it was released for publication by her children Richard and Jane.

[6] He urges her to live her life to the fullest, taking to heart the words of Walt Whitman, "Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find."

[8] Many, including Plath's mother Aurelia,[9] have held the view that Plath employed her memories of Prouty as the basis of the character of "Philomena Guinea" in her 1963 novel, The Bell Jar,[10] a figure who is described as supporting the protagonist because "at the peak of her career, she had been in an asylum as well",[11] and who arguably represents a role model to be ultimately rejected by the protagonist.

[12] Stella Dallas was adapted into a stage play in 1924, a movie in 1925 and a popular 1937 melodrama of the same title starring Barbara Stanwyck that was nominated for two Academy Awards.

[citation needed] In old age, Prouty found comfort in her friendships, her charitable work, and the Unitarian Church, which her family had joined in the early 1920s.

The garden, in memory of her two deceased children, is registered with the National Association for Olmsted Parks,[16] and was honored with a gold medal by the Massachusetts Horticulture Society.

Produced by the Selwyns in New Haven (No specific location listed - No date) starring Mrs. Leslie Carter (Caroline Louise Dudley - 'The American Sarah Bernhardt'), Edward G. Robinson, Kay Harrison, Albert Marsh, Philip Earle, Clara Moores, Ruth Darby, Beatrice Moreland, Almeda Fowler, Guy Milham, etc.