Josephine Daskam Bacon
Josephine Daskam Bacon | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Josephine Dodge Daskam, Mrs. Selden Bacon (February 17, 1876 – July 29, 1961) was a versatile American writer notable for female protagonists, women's issues, juvenile mysteries, poetry,[1] and a few nonfiction works. Her pen names include "Ingraham Lovell", "Josephine Dodge Daskam",[2] and "Josephine Daskam".[3]
Early life and Education
Josephine Dodge Daskam was born on February 17, 1876, in Stamford, Connecticut, to Anne (Loring) and Horace Sawyer Daskam. She graduated from Smith College in 1898.[4]
Career
In 1900, Bacon published a collection of ten short stories inspired by her Smith experience, intending "to deepen...the rapidly growing conviction that the college girl is very much like any other girl."[5]
In addition to fiction for young people. others of her works dealt with more serious themes, particularly women's issues and women's roles in complex, contemporary society.[6] She was a pioneer in the Girl Scouts movement and compiled the guidebook[7] used by that organization.[4]
Her books of poetry were well received by critics; as noted by one critic, some of her poetry was set to music.[8] For example, she is credited[9][10] for the lyrics used in Hymn for Nations (also called Hymn to Nations) set to the Ode to Joy melodic theme of the Finale of the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth, as recorded by Paul Robeson, Pete Seeger, and others.
Personal life
In 1903, Josephine Daskam wed Selden Bacon, a lawyer. The couple had three children: Anne, Deborah, and Selden Jr.[3]
Josephine Daskam Bacon died in 1961, aged 85. She was interred in All Souls Onteora Park Church Cemetery, Hunter, Greene County, New York.[3]
List of works
- Smith College Stories (1900)
- Sister's Vocation, and Other Girls' Stories[12] (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)
- Girl Wanted!: A Mystery Story (1936)
- 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
- ^ "Poems by Josephine Daskam Bacon". Gutenberg Project.
- ^ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/9246
- ^ a b c "Bacon, Josephine Dodge (1876–1961) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ^ 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 Papers, 1904-1934 Finding Aid". asteria.fivecolleges.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ^ "The Project Gutenberg eBook of Scouting for Girls, edited by Josephine Daskam Bacon". www.gutenberg.org.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hymn for Nations". Rise Up Singing.
- ^ "Josephine Daskam Bacon". hymnary.org.
- ^ "Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon". Open Library.
- ^ https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AMy_maiden_effort%3B_being_the_personal_confessions_of_well-known_American_authors_as_to_their_literary_beginnings_(IA_mymaideneffort00burgrich).pdf&page=11
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, 1876-1961 Archived 2016-12-06 at the Wayback Machine, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College.
- Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon Papers Archived 2010-06-26 at the Wayback Machine at the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Special Collections