Mary Ritter Beard
Historian, Author
1876 – 1958
Who was Mary Ritter Beard?
Mary Ritter Beard was an American historian and archivist, who played an important role in the women's suffrage movement and was a lifelong advocate of social justice through educational and activist roles in both the labor and woman's rights movements. She wrote several books on women's role in history including On Understanding Women, America Through Women's Eyes and Woman As Force In History: A Study in Traditions and Realities. In addition, she collaborated with her husband, eminent historian Charles Austin Beard on several distinguished works, most notably The Rise of American Civilization.
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- Born
- Aug 5, 1876
Indianapolis - Spouses
- Charles A. Beard
(1900/03/08 - )
- Charles A. Beard
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- DePauw University
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- Indianapolis
- Died
- Aug 14, 1958
- Resting place
- Ferncliff Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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