Songs of the Old South; Verses and Drawings by Maria Howard Weeden

Songs of the Old South; Verses and Drawings by Maria Howard Weeden

Maria Howard Weeden

1847-1905

Maria Howard Weeden was born in Huntsville, Alabama. She received her education at the Huntsville Female Seminary and the Alabama Female Methodist College at Tuskegee, where she also received private lessons in painting from portrait artist William Frye. Weeden was known for painting landscapes and Alabama wildflowers in watercolor as well as portraits, which often featured African-American subjects. Her works gained international recognition and were exhibited in Berlin in 1895 and Paris. Additionally, Weeden authored several books of poetry written in Black dialect. She passed away in 1905 and was posthumously elected to the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1998.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://alabamaauthors.org

1900

Songs of the Old South; Verses and Drawings. New York; Doubleday, Page & Co, 1900.

AL Book Collection

Weeden, Maria Howard, “Songs of the Old South; Verses and Drawings by Maria Howard Weeden,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed November 8, 2026, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/24759.