. >> but ina coolbrith also had a secret in her past. alida george wrote a biography about coolbrith, who was born josephine smith, the niece of joseph smith, who founded the mormon church. >> she was very feisty and she stood up to people and she said, what she thought. >> and george found examples of her feistiness at just 15 years old, in a letter to her cousin about polygamy. >> is it right for a girl of 15 or even 16 to marry a man of 50 or 60 to be taken into his harem and enjoy the pleasure of being his favorite sultana for an hour and then thrown aside? this is of god, is it? no. never, never, never. >> for ina did marry at age 19, but after losing a child and divorcing her husband in 1851, she took her mother's maiden name and found solace and joy in writing about nature and san francisco. in one poem about the california poppy, she wrote her golden glory thou of hills and plains, lifting exultant every kingly cup brimmed with the golden vintage of the sun. evie groch, president of the ina coolbrith circle, says those poems stil