Lula Greene Richards
| Louisa Lula Greene Richards | |
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| Born |
April 8, 1849 Kanesville, Iowa |
| Died | September 9, 1944 (aged 95) Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Occupation | Poet and editor |
| Spouse(s) | Levi Willard Richards |
| Children | 7 |
Louisa Lula Greene Richards (April 8, 1849 – September 9, 1944) was a poet and was the first female periodical editor in Utah Territory. Richards's work was published under a variety of names, including Louisa L. Greene, Louise L. Green, Lula Green, and Lula G. Richards. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Louisa Lula Greene was born in Kanesville, Iowa, to Evan M. Greene (a son of John P. Greene) and Susan Kent. Lula was the eighth of their thirteen children. She was born during an outbreak of cholera. Throughout her life, she was a member of the LDS Church. Both of her grandmothers were sisters to LDS Church president Brigham Young. Her family moved to Kanesville in 1846. In 1852, they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, after Young evacuated Kanesville. Greened later lived in Provo, and her family moved to Grantsville in 1859, and they moved again to and Smithfield in 1864.
Greene began writing poetry as a young girl and there is evidence that she wrote poetry at age fourteen. From 1868 to 1869, Greene attended a private school in Salt Lake City. When Greene was 18, she and her sister began a small school in Cache County, Utah; however, Greene lacked patience with her students and did not have formal training. In 1869, she returned to school at the University of Deseret in Salt Lake City.
In 1869, Greene was the editor of the Smithfield Sunday School Gazette, a small periodical issued to individuals who attended the LDS Church Sunday School in Smithfield for six issues from October to November. However, in 1871, she was required to return to Smithfield due to a family illness. Lacking the money she needed for the trip, Greene submitted a poem to the Salt Lake Daily Herald and asked editor Edward L. Sloan to buy it for $7.50, which was the amount of money she needed to return home. Sloan agreed, and her poem "Tired Out" was published on the front page of the Daily Herald.
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