Born in New York City, Bogart was educated by her father, a minister and graduate of Columbia College (now Columbia Univ.). She published in a number of the literary periodicals, using the pen-name "Estelle." Unlike many women poets of the day, Bogart was financially independent and thus did not write out of economic need. Her poem "He Came Too Late" was immensely popular and frequently reprinted. Her works were collected in Driftings from the Stream of Life (1866).
--Sharon M. Harris