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Jeannette Augustus Marks
1875–1964
A lively voice in early 20th-century letters, this American writer and educator moved between poetry, drama, fiction, and scholarship while spending decades at Mount Holyoke College. Her life and work also remain closely tied to the history of women’s education and queer history in the United States.
8 Audiobooks
Through Welsh Doorways
by Jeannette Augustus Marks
The Cheerful Cricket and Others
by Jeannette Augustus Marks
Little Busybodies: The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
by Jeannette Augustus Marks, Julia Moody
Early English Hero Tales
by Jeannette Augustus Marks
Willow Pollen
by Jeannette Augustus Marks
Vacation Camping for Girls
by Jeannette Augustus Marks
A Girl's Student Days and After
by Jeannette Augustus Marks
Thirteen days
by Jeannette Augustus Marks
About the author
Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on August 16, 1875, Jeannette Augustus Marks became known as a writer, dramatist, poet, and teacher whose career was closely linked with Mount Holyoke College. She studied at Wellesley College and joined Mount Holyoke’s faculty in 1901, where she taught English and drama for many years.
Marks wrote across several genres, including poems, plays, novels, and works for children. Her papers and archival collections show a long literary career alongside her teaching, with interests in theater, reading, and the creative life of students and fellow writers.
She is also remembered for her long partnership with Mount Holyoke president Mary Emma Woolley, a relationship that has made Marks an important figure in the college’s history and in broader discussions of LGBTQ+ history. Marks died on March 15, 1964, in Westport, New York, but her name remains visible at Mount Holyoke through the Jeannette Marks Cultural Center.