“F” is for Freeman, Grace Beacham (1916-2002). Poet. Born in Spartanburg, Beacham graduated from Converse College in 1937. She taught in the public schools in South Carolina from 1937 through 1942. In 1939 her first adult poetry was published in the Saturday Evening Post. Her first collection of poetry, Children Are Poetry, was published in 1952 as a chapbook. From 1954 to 1964 Freeman wrote a column, “At Our House,” which was distributed by King Features Syndicate three times a week to newspapers throughout the United States and Canada. In addition to her poetry, Freeman wrote plays and radio and television dramas. From 1973 until 1986 she participated in the South Carolina Arts Commission’s Poet-in-the-Schools program. In 1985 Grace Beacham Freeman was appointed South Carolina’s poet laureate, but relinquished the position when she moved out of state.
“F” is for Freeman, Grace Beacham (1916-2002)
