Nancy Barr Mavity

Background

Mavity, Nancy Barr was born on October 22, 1890 in Lawrenceville, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Granville Walter and Annabelle (Applegate) Barrister

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Western College, Oxford, O., 1911. Studied Wellesley, 1911-1912. Master of Arts, Cornell University, 1913, Doctor of Philosophy, 1914.

Career

Instructor English and psychology, Connecticut College, New London, 1915-1917. Editorial work, George H. Doran Company, New York, 1917-1918. Literature editor San Francisco Chronicle, 1920-1924.

Editorial and feature writer, Oakland Tribune, from 1925, literary editor since 1943.

Achievements

• Nancy Barr Mavity has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member The American Association University Women, National Woman’s Party, Alameda County Mental Hygiene Society (director). Phi Beta Kappa.; Club: College Women's (Berkeley, California).

Connections

Married Arthur Benton Mavity, December 25, 1917 (died in 1931). Married second, Edward A. Rogers, June 18, 1938. Children: Nancy (Mistress George Nye), John Barrister

Father:

Granville Walter Barr

Mother:

Annabelle (Applegate) Barr

Spouse:

Arthur Benton Mavity

Spouse:

Edward A. Rogers

child:

Nancy Mavity (Mistress George Nye)

child:

John Barr Mavity