Anne Byrd Firor Scott

Background

Scott, Anne Byrd Firor was born on April 24, 1921 in Montezuma, Georgia, United States. Daughter of John William and Mary Valentine (Moss) Firor.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Georgia, 1941. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, Radcliffe College, 1958.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lindenwood College, 1968. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Queens College, 1985. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Northwestern University, 1989.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Radcliffe College, 1990. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University of the South, 1990. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Cornell College, 1991.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Wake Forest University, 2007.

Career

Congressional representative, editor, League of Women Voters of the United States, 1944-1953; lecturer history, Haverford College, 1957-1958; lecturer history, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1959-1960; assistant professor of history, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1961-1967; associate professor, Duke U., 1968-1970; professor, Duke U., 1971-1980; W.K. Boyd professor, Duke U., 1980-1991; W.K. Boyd professor emerita, Duke U., since 1992; department chairman, Duke U., 1981-1985; Gastprofessor, Universität, Bonn, Germany, 1992-1993. Visiting professor Johns Hopkins University, 1972-1973, Stanford University, 1974, Harvard University, 1984, Cornell Univercity, 1993, Williams College, 1994. Times-Mirror scholar Huntington Library., 1995.

Vice chairman National Humanities Center, since 1991. Member of advisory committee Schlesinger Library. Fulbright lecturer, 1984, 92-93.

Achievements

• Anne Byrd Firor Scott has been listed as a noteworthy History educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Natural Allies: WOMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY (Women in American History)

    ("Natural Allies", based on painstaking research begun mor...)

  • ONE HALF THE PEOPLE: The Fight for Woman Suffrage

    (This brief but authoritative analysis of the woman suffra...)

  • The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics, 1830–1930

    ( The variety and fevor of comment that greeted Anne Scot...)

  • Natural Allies: Women's Associations in American History (Women in American History) by Anne Firor Scott (1991-10-01)

    (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)

  • One Half the People : the Fight for Woman Suffrage / Anne Firor Scott and Andrew Mackay Scott
  • Making the Invisible Woman Visible
  • (Pauli Murray and Caroline Ware: Forty Years of Letters in Black and White ) Author: Anne Firor Scott Oct-2008
  • Making the Invisible Woman Visible by Anne Firor Scott (1984-04-01)
  • ONE HALF THE PEOPLE: The Fight for Woman Suffrage by Anne Firor Scott (1982-11-01)
  • One half the people: The fight for woman suffrage (The Americas alternatives series) by Anne Firor Scott (1975-08-05)

Membership

Chairman Governor's Commission on Status of Women, 1963-1964. Member Citizens Advisory Council on Status of Women United States, 1964-1968. Trustee Carnegie Corporation, 1977-1985, W.W. Center for Scholars, 1977-1984.

Chairman board directors National Community Investment Fund, 1996—2002. Fellow American Academy Arts & Science. Member American Antiquarian Society, Organization American Historians (executive board 1973-1976, president 1983, Distinguished Public Service award 2002), Southern History Association (executive board 1976-1979, president 1989), Society of America Historians Association (Distinguished Scholarly Achievement award, 2008), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Andrew Mackay Scott, June 2, 1947. Children: Rebecca, David MacKay, Donald MacKay.

Father:

John William Firor

Mother:

Mary Valentine (Moss) Firor

Spouse:

Andrew Mackay Scott

child:

Donald MacKay Scott

child:

David MacKay Scott

child:

Rebecca Scott