| Margaret Cushing Pearmain Osgood | |
|---|---|
Boston, 1896 |
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| Born | 1847 |
| Died | 1941 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Children | Mary Alden Childers Gretchen Osgood Warren Hamilton Osgood |
Margaret Cushing Pearmain Osgood (1847–1941), was an american writer and poet. She was the mother of Mary Alden Childers, Gretchen Osgood Warren and the grandmother of Erskine Hamilton Childers the fourth President of Ireland.[1]
Osgood was known primarily for her exhaustively researched book, 'The City Without Walls : An Anthology setting forth the Drama of Human Life'.[2] It's a collection of the world's spiritual literature, spanning both religious and cultural differences. In its introduction, the famed Irish writer and poet A.E. George William Russell said "I do not know of any better book to dispel, without controversy, the arrogance of ignorance...."