Mary Harriott Norris (March 16, 1848 – September 14, 1918) was an American author and educator.[1]
Mary Harriott Norris | |
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| Born | March 16, 1848 |
| Died | September 14, 1918 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | A.B. |
| Alma mater | Vassar College |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Educator |
| Parent(s) | Charles Bryan Norris Mary L. Kerr |
Born in Boonton, New Jersey to Charles Bryan Norris and Mary Lyon Kerr, she was educated at Vassar College, where she graduated with honor, receiving an A.B. degree in 1870.[2] Two years later in 1872 she was invited back to deliver the annual commencement address to the college.[3] She became a writer of short stories, novels, and educational articles; she edited several works and gave a number of lectures.[3] Norris was a regular contributor to the Boston Journal of Education.[2]
In 1879, she became principal of a private school she founded in New York City, serving at that post until 1891. From 1898–9, she served as Dean of Women at Northwestern University,[4] being the first regularly elected representative to hold that post.[3] Three times she travelled to Europe, visiting Great Britain, Italy, the Scandinavian countries, Netherlands, and Switzerland.[2]
Bibliography edit
Her published works include the following:[2][3]
- Fräulein Mina (1872)
- School-life of Ben and Bentie (1884)
- Dorothy Delafield (1886)
- A Damsel of the Eighteenth Century (1889)
- Phoebe (1890)
- Silas Marner (1890), editor
- Marmion (1891), editor
- Afterward (1893)
- The Nine Blessings (1893)
- John Applegate, Surgeon (1894)
- Lakewood (1895)
- Evangeline (1897), editor
- Kenilworth (1898), editor
- The Gray House of the Quarries (1898)
- Quentin Duward (1899), editor
- The Grapes of Wrath (1901)
- The Story of Christina (1907)
- The Veil (1907)
- The Golden Age of Vassar (1915)
References edit
- ^ Schlup, Leonard C.; Ryan, James Gilbert, eds. (2003), Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age, M. E. Sharpe, ISBN 0765621061.
- ^ a b c d Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide, J. J. Scannell, 1918.
- ^ a b c d Leonard, John William, ed. (1914), Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, vol. 1, American Commonwealth Company, p. 579.
- ^ Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904), The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, vol. 8, Biographical Society.
External links edit
- Ockerbloom, John Mark (ed.), "Online Books by Mary Harriott Norris", The Online Books Page, University of Pennsylvania, retrieved 2015-04-10.