Background
She was born in Winthrop, Maine.
She was born in Winthrop, Maine.
Hers were, at the time, the only works by a woman accepted by the Philosophical Society of Great Britain. 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).
She received honorary degrees from Northwestern and Illinois Wesleyan universities and Bethany College.