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Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson) Mygatt
1885–1973
A writer and lifelong peace activist, she brought her beliefs into everything she wrote, from fiction and poetry to religious and political work. Her life joined literature with public action, especially in movements for women's rights, pacifism, and world government.
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Bird's nest, a fantasy in one act
by Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson) Mygatt
About the author
Born in Brooklyn in 1885, Tracy Dickinson Mygatt graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1909 and soon became active in the woman suffrage movement and labor organizing. She later devoted much of her life to pacifist causes, working closely with Frances M. Witherspoon in campaigns against war and in support of civil liberties and international cooperation.
Mygatt was not only an activist but also a prolific writer. Archival records describe her and Witherspoon as authors of plays, articles, poems, sermons, and stories, written both individually and together. She also published books including The Glorious Company, showing the range of her interests from spiritual subjects to social ideals.
What makes her especially memorable is the way her writing and public life seem to reflect the same purpose. She belonged to a generation of authors who treated words as a way to persuade, comfort, and challenge, and her long career left a record of deep commitment to peace and reform.