Josephine Daskam Bacon
Josephine Daskam Bacon | |
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| Born | February 17, 1876 Stamford, Connecticut, United States |
| Died | July 29, 1961 (aged 85) United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Genre | realistic fiction |
Josephine Daskam Bacon (Mrs. Selden Bacon) (born: Josephine Dodge Daskam) (February 17, 1876 – July 29, 1961) was an American writer of great versatility. She is chiefly known as a writer who made the point of having female protagonists.
Career
Josephine Dodge Daskam was born on February 17, 1876, in Stamford, Connecticut. She later married Seldon Bacon.
Bacon wrote a series of juvenile mysteries, as well as works dealing with more serious themes. She published books of poetry, which were well received by critics; as noted by one critic, some of her poetry was set to music.[1] She was published under the name "Josephine Daskam".
She wrote on women's issues and women's roles as well.[2] She was a pioneer in the Girl Scouts movement and compiled the guidebook used by that organization.[3]
Bacon graduated from Smith College in 1898.[3] She published a collection of ten short stories inspired by her experiences in 1900, intending "to deepen...the rapidly growing conviction that the college girl is very much like any other girl."[4]
List of works[5]
References
- ^ "Josephine Daskam "Poems"". Newspaper unknown; clipping filed with the New York Public Library Archives. New York Public Library Archives; Historical and Public Figures Collection. 1903.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/sophiasmith/mnsss211.html
- ^ a b Lundle, Catherine A. (1996). Restless Spirits: Ghost Stories by American Women, 1872-1926. University of Massachusetts Press. p. 73. ISBN 9781558490567.
- ^ Daskam, Josephine Dodge (1900). Smith College Stories. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- ^ https://openlibrary.org/a/OL2321070A/Josephine-Dodge-Daskam-Bacon
External links
- Works by Josephine Daskam Bacon at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Josephine Daskam Bacon at the Internet Archive
- Works by Josephine Daskam Bacon at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon Papers
