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

  1. ↑ The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer 36 (1), new york: Excelsior Publishing House, January 1, 1912, p. 115.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, New York: L.R. Hamersly, 1909, p. 44.
  3. 1 2 Oldenziel, Ruth (1999), Making Technology Masculine: Men, Women and Modern Machines in America, 1870-1945, Amsterdam University Press, p. 138, ISBN 9053563814.
  4. ↑ Kramer, John E. (1981), The American college novel: an annotated bibliography, Garland Publishing, p. 44, ISBN 0824093658.
  5. ↑ "Summer Plans of Authors", Lewistin Journal, June 22–25, 1910, p. 12.
  6. ↑ "Nathaniel Chapin Ray Papers, 1878-1916", Manuscript Collections (New Haven Museum), retrieved 2012-02-24.
  7. 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.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Smith, Geoffrey D. (1997), American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography, Cambridge University Press, p. 554, ISBN 0521434696.

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