Alice Huntington Bushee

Alice Huntington Bushee (December 4, 1867 – April 28, 1956) was an American librarian and early pioneer in Hispanic studies. She was a professor at Wellesley College and wrote several books, including Fundamentals of Spanish Grammar.

Early years and education Bushee was born on December 4, 1867, in Worcester, Massachusetts. She grew up in Morrisville, Vermont. In 1891, she graduated from Mount Holyoke College.

Career After graduation, Bushee taught in schools in the United States.

In 1893, she traveled to Europe to be a missionary where she was slated to work in San Sebastian. In San Sebastian, she worked as a librarian, math teacher and Spanish literature teacher at the International Institute for Girls in Spain (IIGS). The grammar book used a deductive method of language instruction. Hispanic Review called Bushee an early pioneer in Hispanic studies in the United States. She published Three Centuries of Tirso de Molina in 1939 about theater of writer, Tirso de Molina. She later published a study about de Molina called La prudencia en la mujer in 1948.

In 1936, Bushee retired to live with her family in Rhode Island. Bushee died on April 28, 1956, in Woonsocket in the hospital after an illness.