Meribeth Elliott Cameron

Background

Meribeth Cameron was born on May 22, 1905 in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada.

Education

Cameron graduated from Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California in 1921 and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University in 1925 and an Master of Arts in 1926. She took a Master of Arts degree in history at Radcliffe College in 1927, then returned to Stanford to finish her dissertation, "The Reform Movement in China, 1898-1912," for which she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in History and Political Science in 1928.

Career

Much of Meribeth's life was spent teaching history. Over the next forty-two years after her graduation, she taught at such schools as the Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Milwaukee-Downer College, Stanford University, and Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. Between 1958 and 1961 she served as a member of Massachusetts State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. She also served as the founding editor of Journal for Asian Studies.

In 1970 Cameron became professor emeritus and dean emeritus at Mount Holyoke College. In addition to contributing numerous articles to trade journals, she wrote "The Reform Movement in China, 1898-1912" and was the coauthor of "China, Japan and the Powers."

Achievements

• Cameron gained acclaim in the field of Chinese history and for her work in Asian studies.

Works

• book

  • China, Japan and the Powers 1960
  • The reform movement in China, 1898-1912 (Stanford University publications. University series. History, economics, and political science) 1963