Mary Rebecca Sharpless

Background

Sharpless, Mary Rebecca was born on October 14, 1958 in Waco, Texas, United States. Daughter of Garland Lester and Mary Helen (Frierson) Sharpless.

Education

Bachelor, Baylor University, 1978; Master of Arts, Baylor University, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy, Emory University, 1993.

Career

Association director, Baylor Institute Oral History, Waco, Texas, 1979-1987; interim director Program for Regional Studies, Baylor Institute Oral History, Waco, Texas, 1990-1993; director Institute Oral History, Baylor Institute Oral History, Waco, Texas, since 1993; executive secretary, Oral History Association, Waco, Texas, since 1995.

Achievements

• Mary Rebecca Sharpless has been listed as a noteworthy historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices : Women on Cotton Farms of the Texas Blackland Prairie, 1900-1940: 1st (First) Edition

Membership

Treasurer Brookview Neightborhood Association, Waco, 1993-1995, president 1996-1997. Member American Studies Association, American Studies Association Texas, Organization American Historians, Southern Association Women Historians, Southern History Association, Texas Oral History Association (secretary-treasurer 1982-1987), Texas State History Association, Oral History Association (executive council 1986-1989), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Joe A. Jimenez, May 26, 1979 (divorced December 1985). Married Thomas Lee Charlton, December 31, 1988.

Father:

Garland Lester Sharpless

Mother:

Mary Helen (Frierson) Sharpless

Spouse:

Thomas Lee Charlton

Spouse:

Joe A. Jimenez