Sara Bulkley Rogers (April 12, 1864 – February 3, 1907) was an American novelist and short story writer. She was one of the first seven women to receive a doctorate from Yale University, earning her PhD in history in 1894.
Sara Bulkley Rogers | |
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| Born | April 12, 1864  |
| Died | February 3, 1907 (aged 42) |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Relatives | Cornelia Hephzibah Bulkley Rogers |
Sara Bulkley Rogers was born on April 12, 1864, in Waterbury. Connecticut, the daughter of Samuel Towner Rogers and Cornelia Hephzibah Bulkley Rogers.[1] Rogers graduated with a BA from Columbia University in 1889 from their Course of Collegiate Study for women, the forerunner of Barnard College. In 1891 she graduated with a MA from Cornell University. In 1894, she and her sister Cornelia Hephzibah Bulkley Rogers were among the first seven women to graduate with PhDs from Yale. Sara Rogers earned a doctorate in history with her dissertation The Rise of Civil Government and Federation in Early New England.[1][2][3]
Rogers published short stories in the New-York Evening Post, the Commercial Advertiser, and other outlets. She published a novel, Life's Way (1897) under the name Schuyler Shelton and a short story collection, Ezra Hardman, M.A., of Wayback College, and Other Stories (1900) under her own name. Publishers Weekly called the latter volume, about a midwestern scholar struggling in eastern academia, "one of the best collections of college stories in recent years."[3]
Sara B. Rogers died on 3 February 1907 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.[1]
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edit- 1 2 3 Obituary record of graduates of Yale University... 1900-1910. Yale University. 1910. pp. 831–32. Archived from the original on 2025-06-21. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
- ↑ "The pioneers". www.yalealumnimagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2025-05-19. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
- 1 2 "Biographies of Yale's First Women Ph.D.'s | Women Faculty Forum". wff.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2025-08-23. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
- ↑ "Author: Sara Bulkley Rogers". www.victorianresearch.org. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
- ↑ Wright, Lyle Henry (1966). American fiction, 1876-1900; a contribution toward a bibliography. Internet Archive. San Marino, Calif., Huntington Library.