Mother & Child by Abbott Thayer (Portrait of Kate Bloede) The Bloedes were German political refugees. Kate’s mother, Marie, was a poet. The Bloedes’ home was frequented by noted writers, among them Bayard Taylor, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Thomas Aldrich and Richard Henry Stoddard. Marie Bloede’s poems and articles, both in English and German, attracted attention. She also assisted her husband, he was […]