Anne C. E. (Anne Crosby Emery) Allinson

Educated at Bryn Mawr, Anne Crosby Emery Allinson built a career around Greek and Roman literature, translation, and literary essays. She also taught classics and became assistant professor of classical philology and the first dean of women at the University of Wisconsin in 1897.

She wrote and translated a wide range of books, including studies of the ancient world and volumes meant for broad readers rather than specialists alone. Her work includes Greek Lands and Letters, written with Francis Greenleaf Allinson, as well as essays and translations connected with classical literature and thought.

Allinson's writing stands out for making classical subjects feel lived-in and human. Instead of treating antiquity as something distant, she often connected literature, place, and everyday experience in a way that can still appeal to modern listeners.