Helen Griffith
Helen Griffith (January 24, 1882 – October 16, 1976) was a professor at Mount Holyoke College, a teacher at colleges for African Americans in the American South, and an author.[1]
Griffith graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1905.[2] During her graduate studies, she attended Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Michigan, and she studied in Cambridge, England.[3] She graduated with a master's degree from Columbia University and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.[4]
She taught at Mount Holyoke College for 35 years, becoming the professor emeritus of English language and literature by her retirement in 1947.[5] During her time at Mount Holyoke College, she was chairman of the committee on refugee students.[6]
In 1949, she taught English at Tougaloo College.[7]
She wrote a book about Sarah A. Dickey.
Written work[edit]
- Griffith, Helen (1966). Dauntless in Mississippi : the life of Sarah A. Dickey, 1838-1904 (2nd ed.). South Hadley, Mass: Dinosaur Press.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Birthday Biographies | Class of 1960".
- ^ "Bryn Mawr Girls Hear Henry James". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 9 June 1905. p. 2. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ "Tougaloo Commencement Marks School's Progress". The Pittsburgh Courier. 6 June 1953. p. 10. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "Important additions to faculty at tougaloo". Atlanta Daily World. Aug 12, 1952. p. 4. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ "3 to retire at Mount Holyoke". The New York Times. May 3, 1947. p. 15. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ "Mt. Holyoke Student Refugee Fund $2860". The Boston Globe. June 23, 1939. p. 19. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ "'Retired' teacher won't quit; to serve without pay". The Chicago Defender. September 24, 1949. p. 2. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ Schlesinger, Elizabeth Bancroft (June 1967). "Reviewed Work: Dauntless in Mississippi: The Life of Sarah A. Dickey, 1838-1904 by Helen Griffith". The New England Quarterly. 40 (2). The New England Quarterly, Inc.: 286–288. JSTOR 363777.