Mary Harriott Norris

Mary Harriott Norris
Mary Harriott Norris
Born	March 16, 1848; Boonton, New Jersey
Died	September 14, 1918 (aged 70); Morristown, New Jersey
Nationality	United States of America
Education	A.B.
Alma mater	Vassar College
Occupation	Writer, Educator
Parent(s)	Charles Bryan Norris; Mary L. Kerr

Mary Harriott Norris (March 16, 1848 – September 14, 1918) was an American author and educator.[1]

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

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 Christine (1907)
The Veil (1907)
The Golden Age of Vassar (1915)

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References

Schlup, Leonard C.; Ryan, James Gilbert, eds. (2003), Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age, M. E. Sharpe, ISBN 0765621061.
Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide, J. J. Scannell, 1918.
Leonard, John William (ed.), Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1, American Commonwealth Company, p. 579.
Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904), The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, 8, Biographical Society.

External links

Ockerbloom, John Mark (ed.), "Online Books by Mary Harriott Norris", The Online Books Page, University of Pennsylvania, retrieved 2015-04-10.

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[schlup_ryan2003-1] Schlup, Leonard C.; Ryan, James Gilbert, eds. (2003), Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age, M. E. Sharpe, ISBN 0765621061.

[Scannell1918-2] Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide, J. J. Scannell, 1918.

[leonard1914-3] Leonard, John William (ed.), Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1, American Commonwealth Company, p. 579.

[johnson_brown1904-4] Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904), The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, 8, Biographical Society.