Mary Warner Blanchard

Background

Mary Blanchard was born on August 9, 1934, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. She is the daughter of Raymond, an eye surgeon, and Twila (Swartzfager) Warner, a nurse.

Education

Mary attended Milwaukee-Downer Seminary untill 1952. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College in 1956, a Master of Arts from Rutgers University in 1989, and a Ph.D. in 1994.

Career

Mary Blanchard began her academic career as an associate fellow of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, and a member of the advisory board at Center for Historical Analysis in 1991. She also served as a speaker at educational institutions, including Fudan University and the University of Bologna. She was a member of board of trustees of Friends of the New Jersey State Museum from 1996 to 2002, and a consultant to U.S. Treasury Restoration Program for U.S. Capitol, 1990 - 1991, Connecticut Historical Society, and Newark Museum.

Mary is the author of Oscar Wilde's America: Counterculture in the Gilded Age. She also contributed to some other books, including A Fatherland for Women, 2000; Oscar Wilde: The Man, His Writings, and His World, 2003; Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age, 2003; Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront, 2004; and The Importance of Being Misunderstood: Homage to Oscar Wilde, Patron Editore, 2003. She is a contributor of articles and reviews to magazines and newspapers, including Journal of American Studies, Journal of American History, Diplomatic History, American Quarterly, Journal of Women's History, Nineteenth Century, Reviews in American History, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, and American Historical Review. At the moment Mary is working on a biography of Bertha Honore Palmer of Chicago, Illinois.

Achievements

• Mary Blanchard is best known as the author of Oscar Wilde's America: Counterculture in the Gilded Age.

Works

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  • Oscar Wilde's America: Counterculture in the Gilded Age

    (In this book, the first cultural history of the aesthetic...)

    1998

Membership

Blanchard is a member of American Historical Association, American Studies Association, Costume Society of America, Organization of American Historians, Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Victorian Society in America, Coordinating Council for Women in History, William Morris Society, Harding Township Historical Society, Garden Club of Somerset Hills, Jersey Hills Vassar Club.

Interests

• gardening

• Sport & Clubs

  tennis, skiing, golf

Connections

Mary Warner married William C. Blanchard, a building contractor, January 30, 1960. They have three sons: Cecily Chase Easley, William, Clifford.

Father:

Raymond Warner

Mother:

Twila Swartzfager Warner

Spouse:

William C. Blanchard

Son:

Cecily Chase Easley Blanchard

Son:

William Blanchard

Son:

Clifford Blanchard

References

• Contemporary Authors A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields
  2008