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<em>A Woman of the Century Women</em>
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<em>Women in Willard and Livermore's A Woman of the Century</em>
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McMaster, MaryKate
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Cerqueira, Danielle
Chaisson, Jackie
Cook, Brittany N.
Diallo, Binta
Del Vecchio, Lauren
Ellis, Mallory
Hoops, Katharine
McMaster, MaryKate
Miller, Robbin
Morrissey, Carla B.
Morrissey, Margaret
Mushinsky, Jackie
Osher, Alana
Parton, Katy
Ravitz, Amy
Skoog, Susan
Tirone, Trish
Vezeau, Keith
Williamson, Emily
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McMaster, MaryKate
Person
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Page(s) in WOC
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<a href=" https://archive.org/details/womanofcenturyfo00will/page/756/mode/1up?q=Webster" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">756</a>
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Webster, Helen L. (Helen Livermore), 1853-
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<p class="identitiesSectionHead"><a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88644189/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Webster, Helen Livermore 1853-1928</a></p>
Name in WOC
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WEBSTER, Miss Helen L.
Birth Name
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Webster, Helen Livermore
Gender
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Female
Birth Year
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1853
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1851-1860
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Boston, MA
Nationality
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American
Education
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Lynn Public Schools (MA)
Salem Normal School (Salem, MA)
University of Zurich
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Single
Occupation(s) in WOC
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professor of comparative philology in Wellesley College
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Lynn Public Schools (MA)
Barnard College
Vassar College
Wellesley College
Places Resided
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Boston, MA; Salem, MA, Zurich, SWI; New York, NY; Salem, MA
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Boston, MA
Salem, MA
Zurich, SWI
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January 4, 1928
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MA
Lived or Visited Abroad
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Yes
Publication
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<p><a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx5ny2;view=1up;seq=5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Webster, Helen M. Zur gutturalfrage im gotischen. Inaug.-diss., Zürich</em>. Boston: Printed by J. S. Cushing & Co., 1889.</a><br /><br /><br />This is Helen L. Webster's dissertation.<br /><br /><br />in<br /><br />Haithi Trust<br /><br /><br /><br /></p>
Personal Network
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Livermore, Mary A. (Mary Ashton), 1820-1905
URL
<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77585817/helen-l_-webster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Helen L. Webster Find A Grave</a>
Bibliography
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<li><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77585817/helen-l_-webster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Helen L. Webster Find A Grave</a></li>
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<li class="citationTitle">Source Information: Ancestry.com. <em>Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915</em> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.</li>
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August 1, 1853
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Title
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WEBSTER, Miss Helen L.
Contributor
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McMaster, MaryKate
Description
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Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 1, 1853, Helen Livermore Webster grew up in Salem, Massachusetts. After having graduated from Salem Normal School, she taught high school in Lynn while continuing her own studies.<br /><br />Helen received her Ph.D. in Comparative Philology from the University of Zurich. Her <em>A Woman of the Century</em> profile noted:<br />
<p>"She handed to the faculty a dissertation, entitled '<a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx5ny2;view=1up;seq=5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zur Gutturalfrage im Gotischen</a>,' which attracted general comment by its wide research and scholarly handling" (756)<em>.</em></p>
Dr. Webster taught at Barnard, Vassar, and Wellesley, where she was the Chair of Comparative Philology. After Reverend Silas Tertius Rand passed away, she wrote the preface to his <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t5gb2k46f;view=1up;seq=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Legends of the MicMacs</a>.<br /><br />Helen passed away on January 4, 1928 and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Helen Livermore Webster was born in Boston, MA on August 1, 1853.
1851-1860
1853
author
Authors
Barnard College
Boston
comparative philology
Education
educator
Lynn Public Schools
MA
professor
Salem Normal School
University of Zurich
Vassar College
Wellesley College
Writing/Publishing
Zurich