Jennette Lee
Jennette Barbour Perry Lee (November 10, 1860October 10, 1951) was an American writer and academic. Born in Connecticut, she began to teach at a local school in her teens. She graduated from Smith College in 1886 and started teaching English at the college level shortly thereafter. Lee published numerous novels and short stories, many of which featured characters from New England. Early life and education Jennette Barbour Perry was born on November 10, 1860, in Bristol, Connecticut, to Mary (Barbour) and Philemon Perry. She started teaching at an elementary school near Bristol at age 15. After studying subjects including Greek on her own, she took the entrance exam to enter Smith College in 1882 and graduated in 1886. Academic career From 1890 to 1893, Lee taught English at Vassar College, and from 1893 to 1896 she was head of the department of English in the College for Women at Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University). From 1904 to 1913, she ...
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Smith College
Smith College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smith (Smith College), Sophia Smith and opened in 1875. It is the largest member of the historic Seven Sisters (colleges), Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite women's colleges in the Northeastern United States. Smith is also a member of the Five College Consortium, along with four other nearby institutions in the Pioneer Valley: Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst; students of each college are allowed to attend classes at any other member institution. On campus are Smith's Smith College Museum of Art, Museum of Art and The Botanic Garden of Smith College, Botanic Garden, the latter designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Smith has 41 academic departments and programs and is structured around a ...
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