Day 04: Alice Ruth Moore
Moore had three husbands, including the renown poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. She was also known to have relationships with women. Moore lived, wrote, and taught in many different cities in the United States such as Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and Washington DC. In 1902 she moved to Wilmington, Delaware where she spent many years teaching at both the high school and college level. While in Delaware she co-edited the Wilmington Advocate with her husband Robert J. Nelson. She also took time out to attend Cornell University.
Moore's writing granted her a sizable national following. She began giving lectures and ultimately published two volumes of her speeches. Moore also worked to champion the voices of others by publishing a literary anthology called The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer. Moore died in 1935.
