Josephine Dodge Daskam, Mrs. Selden Bacon (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.
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| Born | February 17, 1876 Stamford, Connecticut, United States |
| Died | July 29, 1961 (aged 85) Tannersville, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Genre | Realistic fiction |
Career
editJosephine Dodge Daskam was born on February 17, 1876, in Stamford, Connecticut, to Anne (Loring) and Horace Sawyer Daskam. She 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".[2]
She also wrote on women's issues and women's roles as well.[3] She was a pioneer in the Girl Scouts movement and compiled the guidebook[4] used by that organization.[5]
Bacon graduated from Smith College in 1898.[5] 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."[6]
Personal life
editIn 1903, Josephine Daskam wed Selden Bacon, a lawyer. The couple had three children: Anne, Deborah, and Selden Jr.[2]
Josephine Daskam Bacon died in 1961, aged 85. She was interred in All Souls Onteora Park Church Cemetery, Hunter, Greene County, New York.[2]
List of works
edit- Smith College Stories (1900)
- Sister's Vocation, and Other Girls' Stories (1900)
- The Imp and the Angel (1901)
- Fables for the Fair (1901)
- The Best Nonsense Verses (ed) (1901)
- Whom the Gods Destroyed (1902)
- The Madness of Philip (1902)
- Poems (1903)
- Middle Aged Love Stories (1903)
- Her Fiancé (1904)
- Memoirs of a Baby (1904)
- The Imp and the Angel (1907)
- The Domestic Adventurers (1907)
- An Idyll of All Fool's Day (1908)
- Ten to Seventeen (1908)
- Margarita's Soul (1909)
- In the Border Country (1909)
- The Biography of a Boy (1910)
- While Caroline Was Growing (1911)
- The Inheritance (1912)
- The Strange Cases of Dr Stanchon (1913)
- The Luck o' Lady Joan (1913)
- To-day's Daughter (1914)
- Open Market (1915)
- Twilight of the Gods (1915)
- On Our Hill (1918)
- The Golden Eaglet (1918 movie)
- Square Peggy (1919)
- The Film of Fate (1919)
- Blind Cupid (1923)
- Truth o' Women (1923)
- Medusa's Head (1926)
- Counterpoint (1927)
- The Luck of Lowry (1931)
- Kathy (1933)
- The Girl at the Window (1934)
- The Room on The Roof (1935)
- Cassie-on-the-Job (1936)
- The House by the Road (1937)
- The Root and the Flower (1939]
- The Door in the Closet (1940)
- The World in/on His Heart (1941)
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Bacon, Josephine Dodge (1876–1961) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ^ "Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon Papers, 1904-1934 Finding Aid". asteria.fivecolleges.edu.
- ^ "The Project Gutenberg eBook of Scouting for Girls, edited by Josephine Daskam Bacon". www.gutenberg.org.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon". Open Library.
External links
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- 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, 1876-1961, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College.
- Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon Papers at the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Special Collections
