Leila Clement Spaulding

Leila Clement Spaulding (1878–1973) was an American classicist and archaeologist who taught Greek at Vassar College (1903–1907), lectured in art and archaeology at Bryn Mawr College and was Assistant Professor of Classics at Colorado College from 1911 to 1914. She was the first woman professor with a PhD at Colorado College. As well as her teaching responsibilities, Spaulding worked on classical sculpture publishing the book of her PhD thesis on the "Camillus"-Type in sculpture.

Biography Spaulding was born in Morristown, New Jersey. She attended Vassar College and received her AB in 1899 and completed her MA at Columbia University in 1901. She then conducted research at Columbia University on classical sculpture and was awarded her PhD in 1911. During her PhD studies, Spaulding taught Greek at Vassar College, and art and architecture at Bryn Mawr College. and also traveled to Rome to further her studies.

In 1911 Spaulding was the first woman with a PhD to be appointed as a professor at Colorado College.

Publications Books The "Camillus"-Type in Sculpture, (Lancaster 1911)

Articles "On Dating Early Attic Inscriptions", in American Journal of Archaeology 10 (1906) 394–404