A. Evelyn Newman

Anna Evelyn Newman (January 8, 1881 – November 27, 1969) was an American educator, writer and peace activist. She was one of the American delegates to the 1915 meeting of the International Congress of Women, held at The Hague. She was Dean of Women at Colorado State Teachers College from 1923 to 1929, and elected chair of the National Association of Deans of Women in 1927. She taught English at Rollins College in Florida from 1931 to 1939.

Early life and education Newman was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky. She trained as a teacher, and was a student of Anna J. Hamilton. She earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Chicago. In 1929, she completed a doctorate at Trinity College Dublin. She also attended courses at Oxford, and at the University of Geneva.

Career

Education Newman taught English and sociology courses at the Minnesota State Normal School in Moorhead. she was Dean of Women at Colorado State Teachers College, where she also taught beginning in 1920. In 1926 she led a group of American students on a study tour in Europe. She was elected chair of the National Association of Deans of Women in 1927. From 1931 to 1939, she taught English and international relations at Rollins College in Florida. In 1939 she returned to Colorado, as head of the English department at the renamed Colorado State College of Education in Greeley.

Peace and international work Newman lived in New York during the 1910s. She was general secretary and head resident of the Studio Club of New York, and was secretary of the Woman's Peace Party of New York City, and one of the American delegates to the 1915 meeting of the International Congress of Women, held at the Hague. She was an active member of the New York Peace Society. From 1917 to 1919, she worked at a YMCA canteen for American soldiers in France, and wrote about the war for American periodicals. She also wrote poetry, and gave lectures on world peace and other international issues. In 1946, she represented the AAUW at the World UNESCO meeting in Paris.

Publications Newman wrote articles for American magazines including Ladies' Home Journal and The Survey, Educational Review, The Emerson Quarterly,

"Scenes from a Canteeneer's Life in France" (1919) "America's Argonauts and their Golden Fleece" (1920) "Yanks and Princesses: A Story of the New Democracy" (1920) "A Plea for Tolerance" (1920) "The Opening Session of the League of Nations" (1925) "Travel for Teachers" (1927) "Conserving Spiritual Values in this Crisis" (1943) the Soviet Union, and nine African nations. She died in San Diego, California in 1969, at the age of 88.