Background
Butler, Francelia McWilliams was born on April 25, 1913 in Cleveland. Daughter of Robert William and Grace (Williams) McWilliams.
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Butler, Francelia McWilliams was born on April 25, 1913 in Cleveland. Daughter of Robert William and Grace (Williams) McWilliams.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she received a Bachelor from Oberlin College, an Master of Arts from Georgetown University, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Virginia.
She is also known for creating the International Peace Games. Francelia married Jerome Butler who worked as a journalist for the Paris Herald Tribune (which became the International Herald Tribune). Her husband died in 1949.
First a journalist then a professor, Francelia Butler taught at the University of Connecticut.
Mistress Butler taught one of the most popular classes on campus from the 1960s to the early 1990s. Officially "Children"s Literature 200," students affectionately nicknamed the class "Kiddie Literature," and its class schedule included guest lecturers from Doctor Benjamin Spock to Madeline L"Engle.
Mistress Butler retired from UCONN in 1992.
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Chairman Foundation for Contributed Thought on Peace, Storrs, since 1987. Founder League vs Age Discrimination, 1983. Founder International Peace Game Festivals, Connecticut, since 1990, Harvard, since 1993, Yale, since 1993, Columbia, since 1994.
Member National Modern Language Association (co-founder, division children's literature, founder First Institute Forum 1969), National Press Club, Pigeons for Peace.
Married Jerome Butler, July 4, 1939 (deceased May 1949). 1 child, Susan Butler Wandell.