Helen Louise Babcock
Helen Louise B. Babcock (August 13, 1867-July 5, 1955) was an American educator, elocutionist, and dramatic reader.
Early years and education
Helen Louise Bailey was born in
Career
Afterwards, she became an assistant instructor in the same oratorical school,[1] and was very successful in the work of developing elocutionary and dramatic talents in others. Perfectly familiar with the work, she was able to guide students rapidly over the rough places. After severing her connection with the Cumnock school, she taught for a time in Mount Vernon Seminary and College, Washington, D.C.[1] After the death of her mother, in 1890, she accompanied her father abroad and spent some time in visiting the principal countries of Europe. In 1891, she married Dr. F. C. Babcock, a successful physician of Hastings, Nebraska, where she lived afterwards.[2][1]
In 1917, she graduated from the Posse Gymnasium.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Herringshaw 1904, p. 62.
- ^ a b Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 41.
- ^ Posse Gymnasium 1917, p. 4.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Herringshaw, Thomas William (1904). Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century: Accurate and Succinct Biographies of Famous Men and Women in All Walks of Life who are Or Have Been the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States Since Its Formation ... (Public domain ed.). American Publishers' Association.- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Posse Gymnasium (1917). The Posse Gymnasium Journal ... Vol. 24–26 (Public domain ed.).
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. p. 41.
