Cora Crane

Cora Crane (July 12, 1865 – September 5, 1910) was an American writer, journalist and brothel owner. She was married to Captain Donald William Stewart, one of the key figures in the War of the Golden Stool between the British and the Ashanti, but she is best known as the common-law wife of writer Stephen Crane until his death in 1900.

Read more about Cora Crane:  Early Life, Life With Stephen Crane, Return To Jacksonville

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    There are no stars to-night
    But those of memory.
    Yet how much room for memory there is
    In the loose girdle of soft rain.
    —Hart Crane (1899–1932)