Anna Chapin Ray
| Anna Chapin Ray | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 3, 1865 Westfield, Massachusetts |
| Died | December 13, 1945 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.A., M.A. |
| Alma mater | Smith College |
| Occupation | Writer |
Anna Chapin Ray (January 3, 1865 – December 13, 1945) was an American author.
Biography
Born in Westfield, Massachusetts,[1] she was the daughter of Edward Addison Ray and Helen M. (Chapin).[2] In 1881 she was one of the first three women to take the Yale University entrance exam.[2] She studied at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts[3] where she received a B.A. in 1885 and an M.A. in modern European history in 1888.[2][4]
Beginning in 1889,[2] Anna became a prolific author; her works included many children's books, but she also published adult novels. She wrote during the summer in New Haven, Connecticut, then spent the winter in Quebec.[5] Most of her works were written using the pseudonym Sidney Howard.[3] Her older brother Nathaniel (1858–1917) was a mining engineer and a California state legislator. The two frequently corresponded.[6]
Bibliography
- In Blue Creek cañon[7] (1892)
- Margaret Davis, tutor[7] (1893)
- Dick: a story for boys and girls[7] (1896)
- Half a dozen girls (1897)
- Half a dozen boys: an every-day story (1889)
- Teddy: her book: a story of sweet sixteen[7] (1898)
- Each life unfulfilled[7] (1899)
- Phebe, her profession: a sequel to Teddy: her book[7] (1900)
- The dominant strain[7] (1903)
- Sheba[7] (1903)
- Ursula's freshman[7] (1903)
- Bumper and baby John (1904)
- By the good Sainte Anne: a story of modern Quebec[8] (1904)
- On the firing line" a romance of South Africa[7][8] (1905) with Hamilton Brock Fuller
- Hearts and creeds[7][8] (1906)
- Janet : her winter in Quebec[7] (1906)
- Ackroyd of the faculty (1907)
- Teddy, her daughter; a sequel to Teddy, her book[7] (1907)
- Quickened[7] (1908)
- The bridge builders[8] (1909)
- Janet at odds[7] (1909)
- Nathalie's chum (1909)
- Nathalie's sister: the last of the McAlister records (1909)
- Sidney at college (1909)
- Over the quicksands[7][8] (1910)
- A woman with a purpose[8] (1911)
- The Brentons (1912)
- Sidney: her summer on the St. Lawrence (1912)
- On board the Beatic[7][8] (1913)
- The responsibilities of Buddie (1913)
- Letters of a Canadian stretcher bearer (1918) editor
References
- ↑ The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer, 36 (1), new york: Excelsior Publishing House, January 1, 1912, p. 115.
- 1 2 3 4 Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, New York: L.R. Hamersly, 1909, p. 44.
- 1 2 Oldenziel, Ruth (1999), Making Technology Masculine: Men, Women and Modern Machines in America, 1870-1945, Amsterdam University Press, p. 138, ISBN 9053563814.
- ↑ Kramer, John E. (1981), The American college novel: an annotated bibliography, Garland Publishing, p. 44, ISBN 0824093658.
- ↑ "Summer Plans of Authors", Lewistin Journal, p. 12, June 22–25, 1910.
- ↑ "Nathaniel Chapin Ray Papers, 1878-1916", Manuscript Collections, New Haven Museum, retrieved 2012-02-24.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Browsing Authors With Titles", The Online Books Page, University of Pennsylvania, retrieved 2013-02-24.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Smith, Geoffrey D. (1997), American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography, Cambridge University Press, p. 554, ISBN 0521434696.