scholar, athlete, feminist pioneer
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Cochran, Robert
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- VS 9 POU 2009
- Thesaurus
- wetenschappelijke beroepen, atletiek, sportdeelname, musici, feminisme, Verenigde Staten, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw, biografie
- Description
- Louise Pound (1872–1958) was a literary scholar, athlete, musician, and a women’s sports advocate. She is remembered for her work in the field of linguistics and folklore and for her role as the first woman president of the Modern Language Association. A member of a distinguished Nebraska family Louise completed her undergraduate education at the University of Nebraska. When American universities wouldn’t admit her for graduate study, she went on to obtain a PhD in Heidelberg, Germany. She returned to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln to teach in the English department for the next forty-five years. As a scholar Louise crusaded for the serious study of American English and founded the field’s leading journal, demolished a powerfully defended approach to the study of American folk song, and fought tirelessly to open athletic and professional opportunities for women. She was, in short, what one admirer called a “universal wonder.” She befriended and played an influential role in the life of the young Willa Cather during Cather’s years at the University of Nebraska.