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	'''Sophia Elizabeth Reed''' (''née'' '''Armstrong'''; May 16, 1842 – June 18, 1915) was an [[United States\|American]] Oriental scholar and author whose books were widely used as college textbooks in various universities worldwide for Oriental studies. Hers were, at the time, the only works by a woman accepted by the Philosophical Society of Great Britain~~. She was born in [[Winthrop, Maine\|Winthrop]], [[Maine]]~~.		'''Sophia Elizabeth Reed''' (''née'' '''Armstrong'''; May 16, 1842 – June 18, 1915) was an [[United States\|American]] Oriental scholar and author whose books were widely used as college textbooks in various universities worldwide for Oriental studies. Hers were, at the time, the only works by a woman accepted by the Philosophical Society of Great Britain.

	She was ~~married to Hiram Vaughn Reed, an~~ [[~~World to Come~~\|~~Age to Come~~]] ~~(One Faith) preacher and newspaper publisher, in 1860, meeting him at a religious debate in Buchannan~~, ~~Michigan. She was the mother of author~~ [[~~Myrtle Reed~~]]~~, and two sons, Earl Howell and Charles B~~. ~~Reed.<ref>Woman's Who's Who of America, Volume 1</ref>~~		==Biography==
			She was born in [[Winthrop, Maine\|Winthrop]], [[Maine]].

	In 1893 she was [[chairman]] of the [[Woman's Congress of Philology]] at [[Chicago]] and in 1896 became an editor of the ''Course of Universal Literature''. Reed served two terms as the president of the [[Illinois Woman's Press Association]] 1894 (January) until 1896 (June) and 1902 (June) until 1904 (June).<ref>So We All Can Be Heard, the history of the Illinois Woman's Press Association</ref> She received honorary degrees from [[Northwestern University\|Northwestern]] and [[Illinois Wesleyan University\|Illinois Wesleyan]] universities and [[Bethany College (Kansas)\|Bethany College]].		She was married to Hiram Vaughn Reed, an [[World to Come\|Age to Come]] (One Faith) preacher and newspaper publisher, in 1860, meeting him at a religious debate in [[Buchanan, Michigan]]. She was the mother of author [[Myrtle Reed]], and two sons, Earl Howell and Charles B. Reed.<ref>Woman's Who's Who of America, Volume 1</ref>

			In 1893, she was [[chairman]] of the [[Woman's Congress of Philology]] at [[Chicago]] and in 1896 became an editor of the ''Course of Universal Literature''. Reed served two terms as the president of the [[Illinois Woman's Press Association]] 1894 (January) until 1896 (June) and 1902 (June) until 1904 (June).<ref>So We All Can Be Heard, the history of the Illinois Woman's Press Association</ref> She received honorary degrees from [[Northwestern University\|Northwestern]] and [[Illinois Wesleyan University\|Illinois Wesleyan]] universities and [[Bethany College (Kansas)\|Bethany College]].

	Elizabeth Armstrong Reed died in Chicago on June 18, 1915.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43741640/widely_known_writer_is_dead/ \|title=Widely Known Writer is Dead \|work=[[Spokane Chronicle]] \|location=Chicago \|page=21 \|date=1915-06-18 \|access-date=2020-02-06 \|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>		Elizabeth Armstrong Reed died in Chicago on June 18, 1915.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43741640/widely_known_writer_is_dead/ \|title=Widely Known Writer is Dead \|work=[[Spokane Chronicle]] \|location=Chicago \|page=21 \|date=1915-06-18 \|access-date=2020-02-06 \|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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'''Sophia Elizabeth Reed''' (''née'' '''Armstrong'''; May 16, 1842 – June 18, 1915) was an [[United States|American]] Oriental scholar and author whose books were widely used as college textbooks in various universities worldwide for Oriental studies. Hers were, at the time, the only works by a woman accepted by the Philosophical Society of Great Britain. She was born in [[Winthrop, Maine|Winthrop]], [[Maine]].

She was married to Hiram Vaughn Reed, an [[World to Come|Age to Come]] (One Faith) preacher and newspaper publisher, in 1860, meeting him at a religious debate in Buchannan, Michigan. She was the mother of author [[Myrtle Reed]], and two sons, Earl Howell and Charles B. Reed.<ref>Woman's Who's Who of America, Volume 1</ref>

In 1893 she was [[chairman]] of the [[Woman's Congress of Philology]] at [[Chicago]] and in 1896 became an editor of the ''Course of Universal Literature''. Reed served two terms as the president of the [[Illinois Woman's Press Association]] 1894 (January) until 1896 (June) and 1902 (June) until 1904 (June).<ref>So We All Can Be Heard, the history of the Illinois Woman's Press Association</ref> She received honorary degrees from [[Northwestern University|Northwestern]] and [[Illinois Wesleyan University|Illinois Wesleyan]] universities and [[Bethany College (Kansas)|Bethany College]].

Elizabeth Armstrong Reed died in Chicago on June 18, 1915.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43741640/widely_known_writer_is_dead/ |title=Widely Known Writer is Dead |work=[[Spokane Chronicle]] |location=Chicago |page=21 |date=1915-06-18 |access-date=2020-02-06 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Selected works==
* ''The Bible Triumphant'' (1866)
* ''Earnest Words for Honest Sceptics'' (1876)
* ''Hindu Literature; or the Ancient Books of India'' (1891)<ref>{{cite journal|title=''Hindu Literature; or the Ancient Books of India'' by Elizabeth A. Reed|journal=American Anthropologist|date=April 1893|volume=6|issue=2|page=206|jstor=658280|doi=10.1525/aa.1893.6.2.02a00030 }}</ref>
* ''Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern'' (1893)
* ''Primitive [[Buddhism]]: Its Origins and Teachings'' (1896)
* ''[[Daniel Webster]]: A Character Sketch'' (1899)
* ''[[Hinduism]] in [[Europe]] and America'' (1914)

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