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  1. Early Life and Education

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     Early Teaching  Graduate Education  Later Research and Teaching 

  3. Later Life

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Susie May Ames (January 10, 1888-July 30, 1969) was a twentieth century American historian, educator and author. One of less than 500 women to earn a PhD in history between 1920 and 1940, she conducted research on the Eastern Shore of Virginia in the colonial period.

Early Life and Education

Susie May Ames was born in Pungoteague, Accomack County, Virginia, on January 10, 1888. She was the second child of Samuel William Ames, a businessman, and Sarah Anne Edmonds Mears Ames.[1] Her early education took place in local schools. She matriculated at Randolph Macon Women's College (now Randolph College) and graduated in 1908.[2] While there, she majored in English and minored in Latin, and served as president of the Franklin Literary Society, the Eastern Shore of Virginia Club, and as editor-in-chief of the Tattler, a monthly student magazine.[3]

Career

Early Teaching

After she graduated from Randolph-Macon, Ames taught in public schools. She began teaching at Crewe High School in Nottoway County, in south central Virginia, then was principal of Harborton High School in Accomack County from 1909 to 1911.[4] Between 1911 and 1916, Ames taught at high schools in Indiana, Maryland, and at the Eastern Kentucky Normal School (now Eastern Kentucky University).[5] She returned to the Eastern Shore in 1916, and taught at Franktown-Nassawadox High School, became principal of Pungoteague High School in 1917, and served on the faculty of E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg from 1920 to 1923.[6]

Graduate Education

Teaching at the high school level was highest level commonly open to women in the early twentieth century. Ames, however, had ambitions to teach at higher levels, and began graduate coursework in English in summer 1915 at the University of Chicago.[7] She also took history courses through the University of California in 1923. In the fall of 1923, Ames was appointed as an instructor in history at Randolph-Macon Women's College, where she taught for the rest of her career.[8]

In 1923, the year Ames joined the faculty at Randolph-Macon, less than 3,000 American women received master's degrees of any kind.[9] After joining the faculty, Ames continued to pursue her graduate studies, enrolling at Columbia University. She received a master's degree in 1926. A scholarship in 1927 allowed her to travel in Europe.[10] She studied with Evarts Boutell Greene, the first De Witt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University and was part of a seminar which included Allan Nevins.[11] Ames published her first major article in the Journal of Economic and Business History in 1931.[12] She was also interested in the Civil War on the Eastern Shore, and conducted interviews of local residents to collect memories of the war.[13]

Ames earned her PhD in 1940, and was one of fewer than 500 women to earn a doctorate in history between 1920 and 1940.[14] Her dissertation, Studies of the Virginia Eastern Shore in the Seventeenth Century, was a landmark social and economic history based on analysis of the earliest county court records in the United States.[15]

Later Research and Teaching

Ames' work in the early 1940s reflected the anxieties of World War II. She worked on an investigation of Edmund Scarburgh, one of Accomack County's early chief magistrates, who was known for his aggression.[16] Scarburgh's aggressive behaviors led to Jamestown authorities merging Northampton and Accomack Counties in 1670 and then to separate them two and a half years later after Scarburgh's death.[17] Ames wrote about this issue in "The Reunion of Two Virginia Counties" in the Journal of Southern History.[18] In the 1950s, issues of civil rights inspired her to examine federal policy towards the Eastern Shore in the Civil War.[19] In 1944, she was appointed to the Virginia World War II History Commission, to help the state document the conflict.[20]

Ames' best-known work was her edited volume County Court Records of Accomack-Northampton, Virginia, 1632-1640. She began work on this volume in February 1941, and it was published in 1954 by the American Historical Association as volumen 7 of the American Legal records series.[21] She continued to work on the Eastern Shore, and was most interested in "Law-in-Action," rather than in colonial adoption of English law.[22] Her work on the Eastern Shore was credited as foundational by later historians T.H. Breen and Stephen Innes.[23]

Ames was a member of numerous professional associations, contributed and reviewed for many journals. Unfortunately, like many other female academics in the South, she was often barred from the meetings of these associations. Consequently, many of her ideas were first presented to women's clubs and in other, less formal spaces. She interacted with her colleagues at Columbia, but had little contact with other historians at colleges and universities in Virginia, which were generally less open to female scholars than northern universities.[24]

Later Life

Throughout her teaching career, Ames had been caring for her aging mother. Like many female scholars of that era, Ames never married.[25] She took a leave of absence after twenty-five years of teaching in 1848-1949 because of her mother's ill health, and when she retired in 1955, moved back to Pungoteague to care for her now elderly mother.[26]

Ames continued her scholarly work after her retirement, editing a second volume of Eastern Shore records covering 1640-1645, which was published by the Virginia Historical Society in 1973.[27] Earl Gregg Swem commissioned Ames to write Reading, Writing and Arithmetic in Viginia, 1607-1699 in 1957.[28] Ames also published "The Bear and the Cub": The Site of the First English Theatrical Performance in America in 1965.[29]

Ames was also active in her community. She was the founder and president of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, as well as an active member of patriotic societies, women's and garden clubs, and the Pungoteague Methodist Church.[30]

Susie M. Ames died on July 20, 1969, at the Hermitage in Onancock, Accomack County. She was buried in the cemetery of Saint George's Episcopal Church near Pungoteague.

Notes

1. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
2. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie M. Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Library of Virginia |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=18 January 2019}}
3. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
4. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
5. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
6. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
7. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
8. ^{{cite web |last1=Virginia Historial Society |title=Susie May Ames |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/vawomen/2012/?bio=ames |website=Virginia Women in History |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=18 January 2019}}
9. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
10. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
11. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
12. ^{{cite journal |last1=Ames |first1=Susie M |title=A Typical Virginia Business Man of the Revolutionary Era: Nathaniel Littleton Savage and His Account Book |journal=Journal of Economic and Business History |date=1931 |volume=3 |page=407}}
13. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
14. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
15. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
16. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
17. ^{{cite journal |last1=Ames |first1=Susie |title=The Reunion of Two Virginia Counties |journal=Journal of Southern History |date=1942 |volume=8 |pages=536–548}}
18. ^{{cite journal |last1=Ames |first1=Susie |title=The Reunion of Two Virginia Counties |journal=Journal of Southern History |date=1942 |volume=8 |pages=536–548}}
19. ^{{cite journal |last1=Ames |first1=Susie |title=Federal Policy Toward the Eastern Shore of Virginia in 1861" |journal=Virginia Magazine of History and Biography |date=1961 |volume=69 |pages=432–459}}
20. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
21. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
22. ^{{cite journal |last1=Ames |first1=Susie |title=Law-in-Action |journal=William and Mary Quarterly |date=1947 |volume=4 |pages=177–191}}
23. ^{{cite book |last1=Breen |first1=T.H. |last2=Innes |first2=Stephen |title="Myne Owne Ground": Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore |date=1980 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |page=xxvi}}
24. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
25. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
26. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
27. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
28. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
29. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
30. ^{{cite web |last1=Kukla |first1=Jon |last2=Looney |first2=J. Jefferson |title=Susie May Ames (1888-1969) |url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Ames_Susie_May |website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |publisher=Library of Virginia |accessdate=11/3/2018}}
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