From Within CAMWS Territory: Helen M. Chesnutt (1880-1969), Black Latinist by Michele Valerie Ronnick, Wayne State University:
"Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Chesnutt was the second daughter of acclaimed African American novelist Charles Chesnutt. She earned her B.A. from Smith in 1902 and her M.A. in Latin from Columbia University in 1925. She taught Latin for many years at Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio. Among her pupils was one who became famous. This was the poet Langston Hughes who found her inspiring. In addition, she co-authored with Martha Olivenbaum and Nellie Rosebaugh a beginning Latin textbook entitled The Road to Latin (1932), which was published several times in subsequent years."
Miss Chesnutt also wrote a biography of her father titled Charles Waddell Chesnutt: Pioneer of the Color Line. More information about Miss Chesnutt can be found in "Classical Education and the Advancement of African American Women from the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century," in Unsealing the Fountain: Pioneering Female Classical Scholars from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century, Classical Presence Series, (eds. ) Rosie Wyles and Edith Hall (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), pp. 176-193. A lecture about Helen's life titled "In Search of Helen Chesnutt" can be seen on YouTube.
"Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Chesnutt was the second daughter of acclaimed African American novelist Charles Chesnutt. She earned her B.A. from Smith in 1902 and her M.A. in Latin from Columbia University in 1925. She taught Latin for many years at Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio. Among her pupils was one who became famous. This was the poet Langston Hughes who found her inspiring. In addition, she co-authored with Martha Olivenbaum and Nellie Rosebaugh a beginning Latin textbook entitled The Road to Latin (1932), which was published several times in subsequent years."
Miss Chesnutt also wrote a biography of her father titled Charles Waddell Chesnutt: Pioneer of the Color Line. More information about Miss Chesnutt can be found in "Classical Education and the Advancement of African American Women from the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century," in Unsealing the Fountain: Pioneering Female Classical Scholars from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century, Classical Presence Series, (eds. ) Rosie Wyles and Edith Hall (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), pp. 176-193. A lecture about Helen's life titled "In Search of Helen Chesnutt" can be seen on YouTube.
From Within CAMWS Territory: Helen M. Chesnutt (1880-1969), Black Latinist by Michele Valerie Ronnick, Wayne State University:
"Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Chesnutt was the second daughter of acclaimed African American novelist Charles Chesnutt. She earned her B.A. from Smith in 1902 and her M.A. in Latin from Columbia University in 1925. She taught Latin for many years at Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio. Among her pupils was one who became famous. This was the poet Langston Hughes who found her inspiring. In addition, she co-authored with Martha Olivenbaum and Nellie Rosebaugh a beginning Latin textbook entitled The Road to Latin (1932), which was published several times in subsequent years."
Miss Chesnutt also wrote a biography of her father titled Charles Waddell Chesnutt: Pioneer of the Color Line. More information about Miss Chesnutt can be found in "Classical Education and the Advancement of African American Women from the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century," in Unsealing the Fountain: Pioneering Female Classical Scholars from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century, Classical Presence Series, (eds. ) Rosie Wyles and Edith Hall (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), pp. 176-193. A lecture about Helen's life titled "In Search of Helen Chesnutt" can be seen on YouTube.
"Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Chesnutt was the second daughter of acclaimed African American novelist Charles Chesnutt. She earned her B.A. from Smith in 1902 and her M.A. in Latin from Columbia University in 1925. She taught Latin for many years at Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio. Among her pupils was one who became famous. This was the poet Langston Hughes who found her inspiring. In addition, she co-authored with Martha Olivenbaum and Nellie Rosebaugh a beginning Latin textbook entitled The Road to Latin (1932), which was published several times in subsequent years."
Miss Chesnutt also wrote a biography of her father titled Charles Waddell Chesnutt: Pioneer of the Color Line. More information about Miss Chesnutt can be found in "Classical Education and the Advancement of African American Women from the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century," in Unsealing the Fountain: Pioneering Female Classical Scholars from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century, Classical Presence Series, (eds. ) Rosie Wyles and Edith Hall (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), pp. 176-193. A lecture about Helen's life titled "In Search of Helen Chesnutt" can be seen on YouTube.
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