Emily James Smith Putnam

Emily James Putnam
Born
Emily James Smith

(1865-04-15)April 15, 1865
Canandaigua, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 7, 1944(1944-09-07) (aged 79)
Kingston, Jamaica
EducationGirton College, Cambridge University, 1889–1890
Alma materBryn Mawr College, 1889
Known forauthor, educator
SpouseGeorge Haven Putnam (m. 1899)
Parent(s)James Cosslett Smith (1817–1900)
Emily Ward Adams (1822–1896)

Emily James Putnam (née Emily James Smith; April 15, 1865 – September 7, 1944) was an American classical scholar, author and educator. She was the first dean of Barnard College.[1]

Biography

She was the daughter of Justice James Cosslett Smith (1817–1900). She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1889 and studied at Girton College, Cambridge University, from 1889 to 1890.

She was teacher of Greek at the Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, in 1891–1893. She was a fellow in Greek at the University of Chicago in 1893–1894, and dean of Barnard College in 1894–1900. She was a trustee of Barnard College in 1900–1905, and president of the League for Political Education (co-founded by her sister-in-law Mary Putnam Jacobi) in 1901–1904. She was vice-president and manager of the Women's University Club, New York City, in 1907–1911.

Emily James Smith – on April 27, 1899, in Canandaigua, New York – married American writer and publisher George Haven Putnam (1844–1930).[2][3] [4] Following the death of her husband, she retired from Barnard in 1930 and lived in Spain. She moved to Jamaica after the Spanish Civil War broke out. She died on September 7, 1944, in Kingston.[5]

Works

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A collection of eight essays examining successive historical forms of the cultural figure of the “lady”—the woman of the "favored social class"—from classical antiquity to the early 20th century, first published in magazines such as The Contemporary Review and The Atlantic Monthly. Trade publications reviewers described The Lady as a series of studies of women in different periods and societies, beginning with the Greek lady and tracing changing ideals of education and culture.[6][7]
    The Lady in other languages:
      1. Dutch: De dames onder het ancien régime : ontleend aan Emily James Putnam : The Lady (in Dutch). OCLC 320837527 (all editions).
      2. Swedish: Societetsdamen Från Hellas Tid Till Våra Dagar (in Swedish). Translated from English to Swedish by Ingrid Kleen. Stockholm: Norstedt. 1912.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) OCLC 479943656 (all editions).
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A collection of stories retold by the author drawn largely from classical antiquity and historical literature.
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    1. "Letter from Henry Melville Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt". Library of Congress Manuscript Division (archivist). November 17, 1905 – via Theodore Roosevelt Center. OCLC 1577411847.
Henry Melville Whitney disputes President Roosevelt’s claim that Whitney had misrepresented his views on Canadian reciprocity.
    1. Putnam, Emily James (November 1893). "Hungry Greeklings". Vol. 72, no. 5 (whole no. 333). pp. 685–693 – via HathiTrust (Cal Berkeley).
    2. Putnam, Emily James (June 1910). "The Roman Lady" (PDF). Vol. 105, no. 6. pp. 785–794 – via The Atlantic Monthly Group. OCLC 826403504.
    3. Putnam, Emily James (September 1910). "The Lady of the Castle" (9 gatherings of 16 pages; 144 pp. total; unsigned → collation: [A–I]⁸). Vol. 106, no. 3 (within gathering D–E¹⁶, unsigned) (half-year bound ed.). pp. 347–358 – via Internet Archive (University of Toronto).
    4. Putnam, Emily James (October 1910). "Lady of the Slave States". Vol. 106, no. 4 (half-year bound ed.). pp. 491–502 – via Internet Archive (University of Toronto). OCLC 933731891.
    5. Putnam, Emily James (September 1914). "Pagan Morals". Vol. 114, no. 3. pp. 355–362 – via Google Books (Harvard).
    6. Putnam, Emily James (April 1926). "Helen in Egypt". [a story based on Herodotus]. Vol. 137, no. 4 (within signature B¹⁶). pp. 481–491 – via Internet Archive (Boston Public Library).
    7. Putnam, Emily James (May 1926). "Hippoclides Doesn’t Care". [a story based on Herodotus]. Vol. 137, no. 5 (within signature B¹⁶). pp. 610–622 – via Internet Archive (Boston Public Library).
    8. Putnam, Emily James (August 1926). "Candaules’ Wife". Vol. 138, no. 2 (within signature B¹⁶). pp. 183–192 – via Internet Archive (Plainfield, New Jersey, Public Library).
    9. Putnam, Mrs. George Haven (November 1936). "Street Scene" (PDF). The Contributor's Club. Vol. 125, no. 5. pp. 636–639 – via The Atlantic Monthly Group.
    10. Putnam, Emily James (June 1938). "An Atlantic Portrait: Paul Shorey" (PDF). pp. 795–804 – via The Atlantic Monthly Group.
    1. "Spanish Adventure – An Eye-witness Account by Emily James Putnam". Vol. 26, no. 1. October 1936. p. 9 – via Internet Archive.
    1. Smith, Emily James (November 11, 1915). Quotes (SIM Box ID & Canister no.: IA1529716–03). Internet Archive Collection: SIM Microfilm; Periodicals; Pub Life. (Cal Berkeley). Vol. 66, whole no. 1724. Retrieved March 9, 2026. Free access icon
      1. "I never saw a man who wanted to trade places with his wife, but I've heard hundreds of girls wish out loud that they were me.". p. 898.
      2. "A Matter of Costume" – "Girls have been taught for generations that it is feminine to shriek at a mouse! Instead of that it's the height of the ridiculous.". p. 904.
    1. Smith, Emily James (June 22, 1895). "Preparation for College". Vol. 51, no. 25. p. 1095 – via HathiTrust (Cal Berkeley).
    1. Smith, Emily James (March 22, 1894). Americans at the English Universities. Vol. 58, no. 1499. pp. 208–209 – via Internet Archive. Free access icon
    1. Putnam, Emily James (April 1909). "Lucian the Sophist". Vol. 4, no. 2. pp. 162–177. Free access icon doi:10.1086/359268; JSTOR 261824.
    2. Putnam, Emily James (April 1911). "Book Reviews". Vol. 6, no. 2. pp. 222–223. Free access icon doi:10.1086/359523; JSTOR 261925 Free access icon; OCLC 4636524498 (article).
Book Review: The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides. Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Gilbert Murray, LLD, D.Litt, Religious Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford. New York: Oxford University Press (American Branch). 1910 – via Google Books (Harvard).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) OCLC 551517699 (all editions), 2558508.
    1. Putnam, Emily James. Chapter: "Women and Democracy". pp. 109–125 – via Internet Archive (Cal Berkeley). Free access icon.
    1. Putnam, Emily James (January 1908). "A Classical Education". Vol. 3, no. 4. p. 418–424 – via Internet Archive. Free access icon
    2. Putnam, Emily James (December 1908). "As Europe Sees Us". Vol. 5, no. 3. p. 360–365 – via Internet Archive. Free access icon
    3. Putnam, Emily James (April 1909). "Sicily: Land of Unrest". Vol. 6, no. 1. p. 31–40 – via Internet Archive. Free access icon
    4. Putnam, Emily James (July 1909). "George Meredith". Vol. 6, no. 4. p. 446–455 – via Internet Archive. Free access icon
      1. See: George Meredith (1828–1909).
    5. Putnam, Emily James (March 1910). "The Greek Lady". Vol. 7, no. 6. p. 681–689 – via Internet Archive. Free access icon
    1. Putnam, Emily James (April 1910). "The Greek Lady". Vol. 97. p. 413–428 – via Google Books (ULCA). Free access icon
    2. Putnam, Emily James (May 1910). "The Roman Lady". Vol. 97. p. 555–567 – via Google Books (ULCA). Free access icon
    3. Putnam, Emily James (June 1910). "Lady Abess". Vol. 98. p. 676–691 – via Google Books (ULCA). Free access icon
    4. Putnam, Emily James (July 1910). "The Lady of the Castle". Vol. 98. p. 25–47 – via Google Books (Michigan). Free access icon
    5. Putnam, Emily James (August 1910). "The Lady of the Renaissance". Vol. 98. p. 157–173 – via Google Books (Michigan). Free access icon
    6. Putnam, Emily James (September 1910). "The Lady of the Salon". Vol. 98. p. 284–299 – via Google Books (Michigan). Free access icon
    7. Putnam, Emily James (October 1910). "The Lady of the Blue Stockings". Vol. 98. p. 425–440 – via Google Books (Michigan). Free access icon
    8. Putnam, Emily James (November 1910). "The Lady of the Slave States". Vol. 98. p. 566–884 – via Google Books (Michigan). Free access icon
    9. Putnam, Emily James (December 1910). "The Lady Summarised". Vol. 98. p. 653–660 – via Google Books (Michigan). Free access icon
    1. Putnam, Emily James (December 15, 1917). "Prudence and the Classics". Vol. 13, no. 163. pp. 177–178. Free access icon
    2. Putnam, Emily James (February 4, 1920). "A Communication: Progress of the New School of Social Research". Vol. 21, no. 270. p. 294. Free access icon
    1. Putnam, Emily James (January 1911). "Treatment of the Lady". Vol. 7, no. 5. p. 451–452 – via Internet Archive (Michigan).
    1. Putnam, Emily James (April–June 1914). "The Greeks on Religion and Morals". Vol. 1, no. 2. pp. 358–374 – via Google Books (University of Chicago).
    2. Putnam, Emily James (October–December 1915). "Wayland the Feminist". Vol. 4, no. 8. pp. 237–254 – via Google Books (Princeton).
    1. Putnam, Emily J[ames] (October 6, 1924). Review. Vol. 18, no. 1 (whole no. 478). p. 6–7. doi:10.2307/4388565; JSTOR 4388565 Free access icon; OCLC 7547343684 (article).
Book reviewed: Lucas, (F[rank] L[aurence] (1894–1967) (1923). Euripides and His Influence. (Our Debt to Greece and Rome Series). Boston: Marshall Jones Company – via Internet Archive (Phillips Academy).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) LCCN 24-3990; OCLC 1886406 (all editions).
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    1. Smith, Emily James (1897). "On Lucian's Nigrinus". Vol. 18, no. 3. pp. 339–341. doi:10.2307/287829; JSTOR 287829 Free access icon; OCLC 179744765, 1550285666.
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Lucian himself was a Syrian (historically, Roman Syria of the Kingdom of Commagene) from Samosata, but he wrote in an Atticizing form of Ancient Greek, the intellectual language of the eastern Roman Empire.

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ Hamersly, 1905, p. 731.
  2. ^ Marriage License, Apr. 27, 1899.
  3. ^ Commire, Klezmer, Morgan, eds.; Vol. 12, 1999, pp. 851–852.
  4. ^ New York Times, Saturday Review of Books and Art, May 6, 1899, p. 303.
  5. ^ New York Times, Sep. 9, 1944, p. 15.
  6. ^ Schneir, ed. ("Emily James Putnam"), 1996, pp. 247–253.
  7. ^ Schneir, ed. ("Anna Garland Spencer"), 1996, pp. 247–253.

Secondary references

    1. Vol. 12: "O–Q" – "Putnam, Emily James (1865–1944)". p. 851–852.
    1. "Mr. Putman's Loving Cup". Mr. Putman's Loving Cup (supplement). Vol. 48, whole no. 15389. May 6, 1899. p. 303 (column 2).
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      3. Newspapers.com.
    2. "Mrs. G. H. Putnam, Barnard Ex-Dean – Writer, Educator Dies in West Indies—Publisher's Widow, Instructor in Greek" (i) "Lecturer at New School" (ii) "Under Fire in Tarragona". Vol. 93, whole no. 31640. September 9, 1944. p. 15, (column 4, top). Retrieved March 9, 2026.
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      2. TimesMachine Paid subscription required → Pdf (PDF); Permalink. ProQuest 106817122 (Historical Newspapers: Global database).
    1. Section V: "Twentieth–Century Themes": "Emily James Putnam – The Lady". pp. 247–253. Free access icon
    2. Section V: "Twentieth–Century Themes": "Anna Garland Spencer – Woman's Share in Social Culture". p. 268. Free access icon
First edition: Schneir, Miriam, ed. (1972). Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings. New York: Random House. LCCN 70-159371 (1972 ed.), LCCN 94-200166 (1994 ed.); ISBN 978-0-3944-7191-4, 0-3944-7191-1, ISBN 978-0-3947-1738-8, 0-3947-1738-4, ISBN 978-0-6797-5381-0, 0-6797-5381-8; OCLC 239916 (all editions).

Tertiary references

  • Hamersly, Lewis Randolph (1847–1910), ed. (1905) [1904]. "Putnam, Mrs. Emily James." & "Putnam, George Haven". Who's Who in New York City and State (Revised ed.). L. R. Hamersly Company. p. 731.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link)
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    2. Via Internet Archive (NYPL). p. 180. Free access icon

Primary references and collections

    1. Annie Nathan Meyer papers, [c. 1890–1950] (Emily James Putnam correspondence). OCLC 298686794, 122622008.
    2. Barnard College dean's office received correspondence, 1888–1904 (Contains letters written to the first deans of Barnard College). OCLC 275962379.
    3. Dean's Office Records, 1894–1952. This collection consists of records produced by the Dean's Office from 1894 to 1952 – primarily correspondence between the Dean's Office and academic and administrative departments of Barnard; schools, departments and administrative offices of Columbia University; and organizations, associations and institutions with which Barnard was affiliated or in communication. Barnard College. OCLC 298686790.
    4. Emily James Putnam Correspondence [c. 1896-1897]. OCLC 81649367.
    5. Emily James Smith Putnam's correspondence as Dean of Barnard [c. 1896–1897] (Emily James Putnam correspondence). OCLC 122632633.
    6. Barnard College Records, 1889–[c. 1950] (Correspondence from the founding of Barnard College, 1889, through 1950). OCLC 122412032.

Attribution

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_James_Smith_Putnam