Biography:

Poet, columnist, lecturer. Born– in 1892 in Birmingham. Parents– Henry Dickinson and Lucy (Meredith) Lyman. Married– Walter Frederick Shillito in Dec. 1916. Children– Two. Education– attended Randolph Macon College. Assistant editor of The Alabama Club Woman; edited column about Alabama writers; president of Poetry Society of Alabama; dean of poetry of Alabama Writers Conclave; member Birmingham Quill Club, Birmingham Poetry Club, and National League of American Pen Women; lectured and judged poetry competitions; wrote for radio productions.

Source:

American Women, 1939-1940.

Publication(s):

Singing Flame. Dallas, Tex.; Kaleidograph Press, 1937.

Contributor:

Historic Homes of Alabama and Their Tradition. Birmingham Publishing Co., 1935.