~ 1850 - 1919
Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet, born on November 5, 1850, in Johnstown, Wisconsin. She gained fame in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for her inspirational poetry, which often emphasized themes of love, optimism, and spirituality. Wilcox is best known for her poem "Solitude," which opens with the famous line, "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone."