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Chase, Mary Ellen was born on February 24, 1887 in Blue Hill, Maine, United States. Daughter of Edward Everett and Edith (Lord) Chase.
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Chase, Mary Ellen was born on February 24, 1887 in Blue Hill, Maine, United States. Daughter of Edward Everett and Edith (Lord) Chase.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Maine, 1909. Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1918, Doctor of Philosophy, 1922. The Doctor of Letters, University of Maine, 1929, Bowdoin College, 1933, Northeastern University, 1948, Smith College, 1949, Wilson College, 1957.
Doctor of Laws, Goucher College, 1960.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Colby College, 1937.
She is regarded as one of the most important regional literary figures of the early twentieth century. She taught at Smith College starting in 1926 until her retirement in 1955. Two adjoining residence halls on the Smith campus are named for Chase and Duckett.
Chase wrote more than 30 books, many using her cherished Maine heritage as the setting.
Her most famous of these works include Mary Peters, Silas Crockett, Windswept, and Edge of Darkness. Chase died in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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