Pauline Maier (1938–2013)
Author of American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
About the Author
Pauline Maier was born on April 27, 1938 in St. Paul, Minnesota. She received an undergraduate degree in American history and literature from Radcliffe College in 1960, studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science on a Fulbright scholarship, and received a Ph.D. in history from show more Harvard University. She was a history professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for three decades. She wrote several books including From Resistance to Revolution: Colonial Radicals and the Development of American Opposition to Britain, 1765-1776, The Old Revolutionaries: Political Lives in the Age of Samuel Adams, and American Sculpture: Making the Declaration of Independence. She won the George Washington Book Prize for Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788. She died of lung cancer on August 12, 2013 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States (1776) — Introduction, some editions — 1,917 copies
The Transformation of Early American History: Society, Authority and Ideology (1991) — Contributor — 35 copies
The William and Mary Quarterly, July 1987: Constitution of the United States — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Maier, Pauline
- Legal name
- Maier, Pauline Alice (née Rubbelke)
- Birthdate
- 1938-04-27
- Date of death
- 2013-08-12
- Burial location
- Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Place of death
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Cause of death
- lung cancer
- Places of residence
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Education
- Radcliffe College (BA ∙ 1960)
Harvard University (PhD ∙ 1968)
London School of Economics (1961) - Occupations
- professor (American History)
historian - Relationships
- Maier, Charles S. (husband)
Maier, Jessica (daughter) - Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American Antiquarian Society (1976)
Society of American Historians (president, 2011)
Harvard Crimson - Awards and honors
- Fulbright Fellowship (1961)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998) - Short biography
- Pauline Rubbelke was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her original ambition was to be a newspaper reporter. At Radcliffe College, she wrote for The Harvard Crimson, where she met her future husband, Charles S. Maier, and worked summers at the Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. After graduation, Pauline and Charles both went to England for further study, she as a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science. After completing their fellowships, they married and eventually had three children. Back at Harvard University to pursue her PhD degree, Pauline Maier was drawn to the study of the 18th century and the American Revolutionary War era. She taught at the University of Massachusetts Boston for nine years, and for a year at the University of Wisconsin before joining the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978 as Kenan Professor of American History. In 1998, she won MIT's Killian Award, given annually to a senior member of the faculty for outstanding achievement. She also was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was the 2011 President of the Society of American Historians. Pauline Maier is the author of numerous scholarly articles and books, including From Resistance to Revolution (1972).
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