Quote of the day
You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet—you've not got your niche in creation.
Katherine Lee Bates

Born: August 12, 1859
Died: March 28, 1929 (aged 69)
Bio: Katharine Lee Bates was an American songwriter. She is remembered as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful". She popularized "Mrs. Santa Claus" through her poem Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride.
Known for:
- America the Beautiful (1911)
- Yellow Clover (1922)
- The English Religious Drama (1893)
- The Retinue, and Other Poems
- Sigurd Our Golden Collie (1919)