ography ▁by ▁Alan ▁Gul lette ▁▁ ▁Category : 1 9 3 4 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : American ▁male ▁po ets ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁New ▁Bed ford , ▁Massachusetts <0x0A> </s> ▁Elizabeth ▁Cooper ▁or ▁Elizabeth ▁Price ▁( 1 6 9 8 ? ▁– ▁ 1 7 6 1 ?) ▁was ▁an ▁English ▁actress , ▁play w right , ▁and ▁editor . ▁She ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁creating ▁an ▁early ▁collection ▁of ▁poetry . ▁ ▁Life ▁Elizabeth ▁Price ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 6 9 8 ▁or ▁before . ▁She ▁was ▁brought ▁up ▁in ▁West min ster ▁after ▁her ▁father ▁died ▁and ▁her ▁mother ▁was ▁left ▁a ▁pau per . ▁On ▁ 2 5 ▁February ▁ 1 7 2 2 ▁she ▁married ▁John ▁Cooper , ▁a ▁Cov ent ▁Garden ▁au ction e er ▁special ising ▁in ▁Art ▁and ▁books . ▁After ▁her ▁husband ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 9 , ▁she ▁became ▁an ▁actress ▁and ▁later ▁a ▁play w right . ▁When ▁the ▁the atr ical ▁business ▁took ▁a ▁dow nt urn , ▁she ▁turned ▁her ▁hand ▁to ▁other ▁writing . ▁ ▁Cooper ▁created ▁an ▁anth ology ▁of ▁poetry ▁The ▁Mus es ' ▁Library ▁( 1 7 3 7 ), ▁which ▁gathered ▁together ▁English ▁verse ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century , ▁covering ▁Edward ▁the ▁Conf essor ▁to ▁Samuel ▁Daniel . ▁She ▁achieved ▁this ▁by ▁contact ing ▁the ▁family ▁of ▁artists ▁and ▁due ▁to ▁the