Elizabeth Armstrong Reed

Background

Reed, Elizabeth Armstrong was born on May 16, 1842 in Winthrop, Maine, United States. Daughter of Alvin and Sylvia Armstrong, both prominent educators.

Education

Educated largely by private tutors while family lived in South. Honorary Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1896, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1896. Doctor of Humane Letters, Bethany College, 1897.

Career

Only woman whose work has ever been accepted by Philosophical Society of Great Britain.

Achievements

• Elizabeth Armstrong Reed has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Congress of Orientalists, Royal Asiatic Society, Victoria Institute Philosophical Society of Great Britain. Chairman Woman’s Congress of Philology, Chicago, 1893. Did editorial work on the Course of Universal Literature public, 1896, by the University Association.

Connections

Married Hiram V. Reed, 1860.

Father:

Alvin Armstrong

Mother:

Sylvia Armstrong

Spouse:

Hiram V. Reed