Katherine Binney Shippen (April 1, 1892 – February 20, 1980) was an American history teacher, museum curator, and children's writer.
Early life and education
Shippen was born in
Hoboken, New Jersey
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, on April 1, 1892, to Francis and Ellen Shippen. She earned a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in 1914 and an M.A. from
Columbia University
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in 1929.
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Career
While studying for her master's degree, Shippen taught history at the
Beard School (now Morristown-Beard School) in
Orange, New Jersey
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Orange was original ...
(1917–26) and then at
The Brearley School
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in
Manhattan borough (1926–35). She then served as the headmistress at
Miss Fine's School (now Princeton Day School) in
Princeton, New Jersey
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, for the next nine years. In 1945, the
Brooklyn Children's Museum
The Brooklyn Children's Museum is a children's museum in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Founded in 1899, it is the first children's museum in the United States – and according to some, the first one worldwide. It ...
named Shippen curator of the social studies department.
[ ] In the same year, she published her first book, ''
New Found World''. Shippen published 21 books throughout her career and twice won the
Newbery Honor Award.
Several of her books have been translated into Swedish, German, Polish, Spanish, and Greek editions. She died on February 20, 1980, in Suffern, NY.
Books
References
External links
Katherine B. Shippenat
Library of Congress
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Authorities — with 25 catalog records
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American non-fiction children's writers
20th-century American non-fiction writers
Newbery Honor winners
Bryn Mawr College alumni
Columbia University alumni
Writers from Hoboken, New Jersey
1892 births
1980 deaths
American headmistresses
20th-century American women writers