Anne Firor Scott (1921–2019)
Author of The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics, 1830-1930
About the Author
Anne Firor Scott was born Anne Byrd Firor in Montezuma, Georgia on April 24, 1921. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia and a master's degree in political science from Northwestern University. In 1943, she went to Washington for an internship in a congressman's office, show more then took a job the next year with the League of Women Voters. She got married in 1947. She worked on a Ph.D. while raising the couple's three children. She received a Ph.D. from Radcliffe College in 1958. She taught a few American history courses at the University of North Carolina before joining the history department at Duke University in 1961. She stayed for 30 years and served as department chairwoman from 1980 to 1985. She wrote several books including The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics, 1830-1930 and Natural Allies: Women's Associations in American History. She received the 2013 National Humanities Medal. She died on February 5, 2019 at the age of 97. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Anne Firor Scott
Associated Works
Mothers of the South: Portraiture of the White Tenant Farm Woman (The Norton Library) (1969) — Introduction — 50 copies
The Mormon History Association's Tanner Lectures: The First Twenty Years (2006) — Contributor — 8 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1921-04-24
- Date of death
- 2019-02-06
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Montezuma, Georgia, USA
- Place of death
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Places of residence
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Education
- University of Georgia (AB | 1941)
Northwestern University (MA | 1944)
Radcliffe College (PhD | 1949) - Occupations
- professor of history
- Organizations
- Southern Historical Association ( [1989])
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians (president)
Phi Beta Kappa
Duke University
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- Works
- 14
- Also by
- 9
- Members
- 284
- Popularity
- #82,067
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 20
This book was published in 1993 so that the comments about current conditions are out-of-date. Still the book is a valuable contribution in women's history.… (more)