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]

For the American author, see Helen Sherman Griffith.

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
  • Griffith, Helen (1966). Dauntless in Mississippi : the life of Sarah A. Dickey, 1838-1904 (2nd ed.). South Hadley, Mass: Dinosaur Press.[8]

References
  1. "Birthday Biographies | Class of 1960".
  2. "Bryn Mawr Girls Hear Henry James". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 9 June 1905. p. 2. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  3. "Tougaloo Commencement Marks School's Progress". The Pittsburgh Courier. 6 June 1953. p. 10. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  4. "Important additions to faculty at tougaloo". Atlanta Daily World. Aug 12, 1952. p. 4. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  5. "3 to retire at Mount Holyoke". The New York Times. May 3, 1947. p. 15. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  6. "Mt. Holyoke Student Refugee Fund $2860". The Boston Globe. June 23, 1939. p. 19. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  7. "'Retired' teacher won't quit; to serve without pay". The Chicago Defender. September 24, 1949. p. 2. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  8. 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. The New England Quarterly, Inc. 40 (2): 286–288. JSTOR 363777.
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