Julia Swift Orvis
Julia Swift Orvis | |
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 Julia Swift Orvis, from the 1915 Wellesley College yearbook | |
| Born | November 22, 1872 Dixon, Illinois |
| Died | March 16, 1949 (aged 76) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Occupations | College professor, pacifist, author |
| Known for | Taught at Wellesley College from 1899 to 1941 |
| Notable work | A Brief History of Poland (1916) |
Julia Swift Orvis (November 22, 1872 – March 16, 1949) was an American college professor, pacifist, and author of A Brief History of Poland (1916). She taught history and political science at Wellesley College for 42 years, before she retired in 1941.
Early life and education
[edit]Orvis was born in Dixon, Illinois, the daughter of Franklin Keese Orvis and Susanna Appleton Swift Orvis.[1] Her father was a Union Army veteran of the American Civil War, serving as a white first lieutenant of the 26th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.[2] He manufactured plows and ran a hotel in Illinois after the war; he also wrote a letter of support to suffragist Amy Kirby Post in 1872.[3]
Orvis earned a bachelor's degree from Vassar College in 1895, where Lucy Maynard Salmon was her mentor.[4] She pursued graduate studies at Cornell University and the Sorbonne,[5] with a fellowship from the Women's Education Association of Boston. She completed doctoral work at Cornell University in 1907,[6] with a dissertation titled "The Committees of the Constituent Assembly: A Study in the Origins of Committee Government in France".
Career
[edit]Orvis taught European history and political science at Wellesley College for 42 years, from 1899; she became an associate professor in 1907, and retired in 1941 as professor emeritus.[1][6] Orvis and fellow faculty member Phillips Bradley[7] co-founded the campus book store, Hathaway House Bookshop, in 1925.[8] She also ran a faculty club, and gave lectures to alumnae and community groups.[6][9][10]
Orvis was known for political and humanitarian activities beyond campus.[11] She wrote A Brief History of Poland (1916,).[12] From 1920 to 1925, she was executive secretary of the Society to Eliminate Economic Causes of War.[6] From 1937 she represented her precinct in Wellesley town meetings.[13] After retirement, she raised money for the Persian Relief Fund.[14]
Personal life and legacy
[edit]Orvis died at a hospital in Boston in 1949. She was 76 years old.[6] Hathaway House Bookshop continued as the campus book store until 1979.[8][15][16]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Leonard, John W. (1914). Woman's Who's who of America. American Commonwealth Company. p. 612.
- ↑ "Franklin K. Orvis". Vermont Civil War, Lest We Forget. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ↑ Hewitt, Nancy A. (2018-03-19). Radical Friend: Amy Kirby Post and Her Activist Worlds. UNC Press Books. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-4696-4033-4.
- ↑ Palmieri, Patricia Ann (1997-02-27). In Adamless Eden: The Community of Women Faculty at Wellesley. Yale University Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-300-06388-2.
- ↑ "Historical News". The American Historical Review. 54 (4): 972–991. 1949. doi:10.1086/547772. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 1844346.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Dr. Julia Orvis, 76, Retired Educator; Emeritus Head of History and Political Science at Wellesley, 42 Years on Faculty, Dies". The New York Times. 1949-03-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ↑ "Phillips Bradley, 88, A Specialist on Labor". The New York Times. 1982-07-28. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- 1 2 Brauner, Cathy. "Historic Wellesley building going forward with new owner, but reverting to old name". The Wellesley Townsman. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ↑ "Wellesley Club to Hear Lecture on Europe". Scarsdale Inquirer. March 18, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved July 14, 2021 – via Hudson River Valley Heritage Historical Newspapers.
- ↑ "Prof Julia S. Orvis Speaker". The Boston Globe. 1918-12-06. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "When a Woman Insists Upon an Answer". The Boston Globe. 1932-05-19. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Orvis, Julia Swift". The Online Books Page. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ↑ "Julia Swift Orvis; Professor Emeritus at Wellesley Was 76". The Boston Globe. 1949-03-17. p. 37. Retrieved 2021-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "For Persian Relief". Dixon Evening Telegraph. 1943-01-13. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Hathaway House Bookshop history, 1933-1963, Wellesley College Archives.
- ↑ Salins, Barbara (1975-10-16). "Hathaway House Bookshop Lives On". The Times. p. 29. Retrieved 2021-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
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