Annie S. Peck, first woman student at ASCSA in 1885-1886
Annie S. Peck, first woman student at ASCSA and famous mountaineer.
What does a Buzzfeed essay with the "f" word in its title have to do with the American School of Classical Studies? Because one of the twelve women of the essay (#2 in the list) is "our" Annie S. Peck, first woman student at ASCSA in 1885-1886 (http://www.buzzfeed.com/…/historical-women-who-gave-no-fcks…). [I thank our associate member Stephanie Craven for bringing the Buzzfeed essay to my attention] Annie, who received her B.A and M.A. from the University of Michigan, taught classics at Purdue University and Smith College. According to Louis Lord's History of the School (p. 15), "later she urged the Managing Committee to appoint a "lady director". After a brief teaching career Annie went on to become a famous mountaineer. And that's what she is famous for today! In the Lotos issue of February 1896, in a promotional essay for the American School, Annie wrote "Rome may be eternal, but Greece is perennial. Once seen, it is never forgotten, and the desire to revisit it never abates." Thumbs up for Annie S. Peck!   For more on Peck, see also: http://nataliavogeikoff.com/2015/05/01/archives-from-the-trash-the-multidimensional-annie-smith-peck-mountaineer-suffragette-classicist/