- American modernist poet and literary editor.
- Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, she studied journalism at Indiana University.
- After graduating, she moved to New York City and worked as a publicity writer before turning to poetry.
- Her first book of poems, "The Circle", was published in 1930.
- Over the next seven decades, she published six more collections of poetry, including "The Dream and the Shadow" (1934), "The Heart's Journey" (1939), and "To Light a Candle" (1965).
- Her poems are characterized by their lyrical grace, emotional intensity, and exploration of themes such as love, loss, and the search for meaning in life.
- She also worked as a literary editor, and was the poetry editor for "Prairie Schooner" magazine from 1937 to 1945.
- She received numerous awards for her work, including the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America in 1934 and the Amy Lowell Award in 1946.
- Her work has been praised by critics such as Louise Bogan and Archibald MacLeish, and has been included in numerous anthologies of American poetry.
- Mildred Bowers Armstrong was a gifted and accomplished poet whose work deserves to be more widely known and appreciated.