Introduction

Vienna was the daugh­ter of Thad­de­us Mor­rell and Su­san­na C. Ay­er, and wife of Gor­am Par­sons Ram­sey, a Free­will Bap­tist min­is­ter.

In 1885, she was prin­ci­pal of the La­dies’ De­part­ment at Hills­dale College, Mi­chi­gan. By 1887, she was liv­ing in Maine.

Works

• Evenings with the Child­ren; or Tra­vels in South Am­eri­ca (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: D. Lo­throp, 1871)
• A Le­gend of the White Hills, and Oth­er Po­ems (Do­ver, New Hamp­shire: H. D. Lo­throp, 1872)
• A Cen­ser (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Morn­ing Star Pub­lish­ing, 1896)