Elizabeth Armstrong Reed

Sophia Elizabeth Reed (née Armstrong; May 16, 1842 – June 18, 1915) was an American Oriental scholar and author whose books were widely used as college textbooks in various universities worldwide for Oriental studies. Hers were, at the time, the only works by a woman accepted by the Philosophical Society of Great Britain. She was born in Winthrop, Maine.

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Sophia Elizabeth Armstrong Reed
Born(1842-05-16)May 16, 1842
Winthrop, Maine
DiedJune 18, 1915(1915-06-18) (aged 73)
Chicago, Illinois
OccupationAuthor, editor
NationalityAmerican
Notable worksHindu Literature, or, The Ancient Books of India
SpouseHiram Vaughn Reed
ChildrenMyrtle Reed, Earl Howell, Dr. Charles B. Reed

She was married to Hiram Vaughn Reed, an Age to Come (One Faith) preacher and newspaper publisher, in 1860, meeting him at a religious debate in Buchannan, Michigan. She was the mother of author Myrtle Reed, and two sons, Earl Howell and Charles B. Reed.[1]

In 1893 she was chairman of the Woman's Congress of Philology at Chicago and in 1896 became an editor of the Course of Universal Literature. Reed served two terms as the president of the Illinois Woman's Press Association 1894 (January) until 1896 (June) and 1902 (June) until 1904 (June).[2] She received honorary degrees from Northwestern and Illinois Wesleyan universities and Bethany College.

Elizabeth Armstrong Reed died in Chicago on June 18, 1915.[3]

Selected works
  • The Bible Triumphant (1866)
  • Earnest Words for Honest Sceptics (1876)
  • Hindu Literature; or the Ancient Books of India (1891)[4]
  • Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern (1893)
  • Primitive Buddhism: Its Origins and Teachings (1896)
  • Daniel Webster: A Character Sketch (1899)
  • Hinduism in Europe and America (1914)

References
  1. Woman's Who's Who of America, Volume 1
  2. So We All Can Be Heard, the history of the Illinois Woman's Press Association
  3. "Widely Known Writer is Dead". Spokane Chronicle. Chicago. June 18, 1915. p. 21. Retrieved February 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Hindu Literature; or the Ancient Books of India by Elizabeth A. Reed". American Anthropologist. 6 (2): 206. April 1893. doi:10.1525/aa.1893.6.2.02a00030. JSTOR 658280.

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