A. Evelyn Newman

Anna Evelyn Newman (January 8, 1881 – November 27, 1969) was an American educator, writer and peace activist. She was one of the American delegates to the 1915 meeting of the International Congress of Women, held at The Hague. She was Dean of Women at Colorado State Teachers College from 1923 to 1929, and elected chair of the National Association of Deans of Women in 1927. She taught English at Rollins College in Florida from 1931 to 1939.

A. Evelyn Newman
A middle-aged white woman wearing a lace collar
A. Evelyn Newman, from a 1920 publication
BornJanuary 8, 1881
Jefferson County, Kentucky
DiedNovember 27, 1969
San Diego, California
Occupation(s)Writer, educator, peace activist

Early life and education

Newman was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky.[1] She trained as a teacher, and was a student of Anna J. Hamilton.[2] She earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Chicago.[3] In 1929, she completed a doctorate at Trinity College Dublin.[4][5] She also attended courses at Oxford, and at the University of Geneva.[6][7]

Career

Education

Newman taught English and sociology courses at the Minnesota State Normal School in Moorhead.[3] From 1923 to 1929,[8] she was Dean of Women at Colorado State Teachers College, where she also taught beginning in 1920.[9][10][11] In 1926 she led a group of American students on a study tour in Europe.[12] She was elected chair of the National Association of Deans of Women in 1927.[13] From 1931 to 1939, she taught English and international relations at Rollins College in Florida.[14][15] In 1939 she returned to Colorado, as head of the English department at the renamed Colorado State College of Education in Greeley.[16][17][18]

Peace and international work

Newman lived in New York during the 1910s. She was general secretary and head resident of the Studio Club of New York,[19][20] and was secretary of the Woman's Peace Party of New York City,[21] and one of the American delegates to the 1915 meeting of the International Congress of Women, held at the Hague.[22] She was an active member of the New York Peace Society.[23] From 1917 to 1919, she worked at a YMCA canteen for American soldiers in France,[24] and wrote about the war for American periodicals.[25][26][27] She also wrote poetry,[28][29] and gave lectures on world peace and other international issues.[17][23][30] In 1946, she represented the AAUW at the World UNESCO meeting in Paris.[31]

Publications

Newman wrote articles for American magazines including Ladies' Home Journal[27] Carry On,[32] and The Survey,[26] and for professional publications including The High School Teacher,[3] Quarterly Journal of Speech,[33] Educational Review,[34] The Emerson Quarterly,[29] and Pi Lamda Theta Journal.[35]

  • "Scenes from a Canteeneer's Life in France" (1919)[24]
  • "The Silent Voices" (1919)[25]
  • "The Doughboys' Girl in France" (1920)[36]
  • "America's Argonauts and their Golden Fleece" (1920)[37]
  • "Yanks and Princesses: A Story of the New Democracy" (1920)[38]
  • "A Plea for Tolerance" (1920)[1]
  • "'Doing' the Battlefields" (1924)[26]
  • "Keep Me From Petty Thought" (1924, poem)[39]
  • "The Opening Session of the League of Nations" (1925)[32]
  • "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men" (1926)[34]
  • "Student Living Conditions and their Effects on Character and Morals" (1926)[40]
  • "Travel for Teachers" (1927)[3]
  • "Heloise in Springtime" (1928, poem)[29]
  • "The Sphinx of the Louvre" (1928, poem)[41]
  • "Conserving Spiritual Values in this Crisis" (1943)[33]
  • "Public Affairs: Sixth Delegate Assembly of WOTP" (1952)[35]

Personal life

In retirement Newman traveled and lectured extensively, including trips to Greece, the Middle East,[42] the Soviet Union, and nine African nations.[43] She died in San Diego, California in 1969, at the age of 88.

References
  1. Newman, A. Evelyn (1920-01-10). "A Plea for Tolerance". Dearborn Independent. pp. 12, 13. Retrieved 2023-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "University Girl Invited to Go on Ford Peace Ship". The Lexington Herald. 1915-12-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Newman, A. Evelyn (September 1927). "Travel for Teachers". The High School Teacher. 3 (7): 278–280.
  4. "Miss A. Evelyn Newman Receives Doctor's Degree at Dublin U." Greeley Daily Tribune. 1929-09-24. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Teacher Tells Experiences at University". Greeley Daily Tribune. 1929-10-02. pp. 1, 2. Retrieved 2023-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Dr. Evelyn Newman to be Speaker at Conclave Here". The Daily Sentinel. 1940-02-18. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Dr. Evelyn Newman, Holder of Dublin Ph.D., to Speak". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1952-01-13. p. 39. Retrieved 2023-01-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Adams Elected to Deanship at College". The Teachers College Mirror. Retrieved January 13, 2023 – via Colorado Historical Newspapers Collection.
  9. "Evelyn Newman Absent from All Fall Activities". The Teachers College Mirror. November 4, 1926. Retrieved January 13, 2023 – via Colorado Historical Newspapers Collection.
  10. "Newman Will Spend Next Year in Europe to Study in France". The Teachers College Mirror. June 18, 1928. Retrieved January 13, 2023 – via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
  11. "Newman Asks to Spend Time as Instructor". The Teachers College Mirror. Retrieved January 13, 2023 – via Colorado Historical Newspapers Collection.
  12. "Evelyn Newman Will Lead Group in Foreign Study". The Teachers College Mirror. October 15, 1925. Retrieved January 13, 2023 – via Colorado Historical Newspapers Collection.
  13. "Dean A. Evelyn Newman Honored at Dallas Meeting of College Women Deans with Chairmanship". The Teachers College Mirror. March 3, 1927. Retrieved January 13, 2023 – via Colorado Historical Newspapers Collection.
  14. Magoun, Flora Lindsay (September 1947). "Faculty Witness Describes Scene at Historic U.N. Session". The Rollins Alumni Record. 25 (3): 3.
  15. "Wide Education is Future Hope". Tallahassee Democrat. 1932-11-14. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "Former Faculty". Rollins Alumni Record. 18 (3): 14. September 1940.
  17. "Dr. Newman in Lecture Series". Greeley Daily Tribune. 1943-12-14. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "Teachers of English Meet". Greeley Daily Tribune. 1942-04-14. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. Directory of Social Agencies of the City of New York. Columbia University Press. 1912. p. 358.
  20. American Art Annual. MacMillan Company. 1916. p. 171.
  21. Cook, Blanche Wiesen (2020-02-18). Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution. Oxford University Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-19-088125-2.
  22. "To Greet Miss Addams". The New York Times. 1915-07-08. p. 6. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  23. "Addresses Jewish Women; Miss Newman, of New York, Speaks of Spiritual Phase of Preparedness". The Washington Post. 1916-01-12. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. Newman, A. Evelyn (1919). "Scenes from a Canteeneer's Life in France". France. 2: 16–30.
  25. Newman, A. Evelyn. "The Silent Voices" Dearborn Independent (November 8, 1919): 5. via Chronicling America.
  26. Newman, A. Evelyn (August 1924). "'Doing' the Battlefields". The Survey. 52 (9): 500.
  27. Blaetz, Robin (2001). Visions of the Maid: Joan of Arc in American Film and Culture. University of Virginia Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-8139-2075-7.
  28. Newman, A. Evelyn. "In Memoriam" Colorado State Teachers College Mirror (February 14, 1924): 2. via Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection.
  29. Newman, A. Evelyn (March 1928). "Heloise in Springtime". The Emerson Quarterly. 8 (3): 4.
  30. "Miss Newman Speaks to 300 Women of Denver on 'World Sisterhood'". The Teachers College Mirror. April 11, 1923. Retrieved January 13, 2023 – via Colorado Historical Newspapers Collection.
  31. "Dr. Evelyn Newman Stresses Value of Stage". The Buffalo News. 1950-04-06. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. Newman, A. Evelyn (November 1925). "Opening Session of the League of Nations". Carry on. 4 (4): 11–12.
  33. Newman, Evelyn (1943-10-01). "Conserving spiritual values in this crisis". Quarterly Journal of Speech. 29 (3): 281–283. doi:10.1080/00335634309380889. ISSN 0033-5630.
  34. Newman, A. Evelyn (December 1926). "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men". Educational Review. 72: 263–268.
  35. Newman, Evelyn (1952). "Public Affairs: Sixth Delegate Assembly of WOTP". Pi Lambda Theta Journal. 31 (1): 50–52. ISSN 2374-3093. JSTOR 42918575.
  36. Newman, A. Evelyn (January 1920). "The Doughboys' Girl in France". The Ladies' Home Journal. 37: 28.
  37. Newman, A. Evelyn (February 1920). "America's Argonauts and their Golden Fleece". The Ladies' Home Journal. 37: 81–84.
  38. Newman, A. Evelyn (April 1920). "Yanks and Princesses: A Story of the New Democracy". The Ladies' Home Journal. 37: 94.
  39. Newman, A. Evelyn (March 1924). "Keep Me From Petty Thought". The Flutist: 59.
  40. Newman, A. Evelyn (February 1926). "Student Living Conditions and their Effects on Character and Morals". Proceedings of the Regular Meeting of the National Association of Deans of Women. 13: 143–151.
  41. Newman, A. Evelyn (March 1928). "The Sphinx of the Louvre". Art and Archaeology. 25 (3): 141 – via Internet Archive.
  42. "Grace Dawson Arranges Program". Greeley Daily Tribune. 1956-02-07. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  43. "Trave, Lecturing and Business Lure Retired". Greeley Daily Tribune. 1963-05-21. p. 33. Retrieved 2023-01-13 – via Newspapers.com.
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