Anna Chapin Ray
American author
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Anna Chapin Ray (January 3, 1865 – December 13, 1945) was an American writer.
Anna Chapin Ray | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 3, 1865 Westfield, Massachusetts |
| Died | December 13, 1945 (aged 80) |
| Education | B.A., M.A. |
| Alma mater | Smith College |
| Occupation | Writer |
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] From 1916 until 1920 she served at the Military Hospitals Commission in Ottawa. She was supervisor of the stenographic bureau in the Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment.[6] Her older brother Nathaniel (1858–1917) was a mining engineer and a California state legislator. The two frequently corresponded.[7]
In October 1945 she had a hip fracture and was admitted to the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, Connecticut. After being moved to a convalescent hospital, she died December 13, 1945.[8]
Bibliography
- In Blue Creek cañon[9] (1892)
- Margaret Davis, tutor[9] (1893)
- Dick: a story for boys and girls[9] (1896)
- Half a dozen girls (1897)
- Half a dozen boys: an every-day story (1889)
- How Polly and Ned found Santa Claus (1898)
- Teddy: her book: a story of sweet sixteen[9] (1898)
- Each life unfulfilled[9] (1899)
- Phebe, her profession: a sequel to Teddy: her book[9] (1900)
- The dominant strain[9] (1903)
- Sheba[9] (1903)
- Ursula's freshman[9] (1903)
- Bumper and baby John (1904)
- By the good Sainte Anne: a story of modern Quebec[10] (1904)
- On the firing line" a romance of South Africa[9][10] (1905) with Hamilton Brock Fuller
- Hearts and creeds[9][10] (1906)
- Janet : her winter in Quebec[9] (1906)
- Ackroyd of the faculty (1907)
- Teddy, her daughter; a sequel to Teddy, her book[9] (1907)[note 1]
- Quickened[9] (1908)
- The bridge builders[10] (1909)
- Janet at odds[9] (1909)
- Nathalie's chum (1909)
- Nathalie's sister: the last of the McAlister records (1909)
- Sidney at college (1909)
- Over the quicksands[9][10] (1910)
- A woman with a purpose[10] (1911)
- The Brentons (1912)
- Sidney: her summer on the St. Lawrence (1912)
- On board the Beatic[9][10] (1913)
- The responsibilities of Buddie (1913)
- Letters of a Canadian stretcher bearer (1918) editor
Notes
- Reissued by Henry Frowde, London, in 1911 with colour illustrations by N. Tenison.[11]
