illness, she taught physical geography at Brooklyn High School for a few years. Personal life Helen Magill met Andrew D. White in 1887 while she was presenting a paper about her time at Newnham College at the American Social Science Association. A college classmate of Magill's father, White was retired from his many years as first president of Cornell University. He had been widowed that year. White described Magill and her paper in his diary as:"Perfect manner & exquisite voice – altogether a triumph for this little Quakeress – daughter of my college mate Magill – of which I am proud."White encouraged Magill to apply for the post of Director of Sage College for Women at Cornell University. Magill however had been shaken by her experience of directorship of the Howard Collegiate Institute and depression and illness kept her at home for some time. While teaching at Brooklyn High School, Magill maintained a correspondence with White where she commented on her perceived failings:"but it makes me miserable sometimes to think what I might have already done, if I had produced more and criticized less." (May 15th 1888)Magill and White married in September 1890, and had three children, Edward Magill White (died 1896), Hilda White (1891–1892), and Karin Andreevna White (1893–1971). Magill accompanied her husband when he was appointed to diplomatic posts in St. Petersburg (1892–94) and Berlin (1897–1903). Magill was presented at both courts and was a noted conversationalist, discussing architecture, sculpture, music, and literature with Kaisar Wilhelm II. Following the family's return to the United States, Magill did not participate in public or academic life any further. After Andrew D. White died in 1918, Magill lived abroad and in Ithaca, New York. She retired to Kittery Point, Maine, where she died in 1944. Other pursuits Helen Magill White published a letter in 1913 opposing women's suffrage. However, some historians believe she was expressing her opposition to the actions of the Women's Social and Political Union in England, rather than to the suffrage cause. The Union's militant acts included burning churches, bombing homes, and sending letter bombs to public officials. Notes External links The Helen Magill White Papers at Cornell University Swarthmore College Presidents Boston University alumni Swarthmore College alumni Evelyn College for Women faculty 1853 births 1944 deaths Andrew Dickson White American classical scholars Women classical scholars Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge